Tricia joins Portland DBT Institute (PDBTI) as Client Support Partner and Project Manager, after serving for over two decades as Senior Client Partner at Behavioral Tech, LLC (BTECH), the original DBT training organization founded by DBT treatment developer, Marsha M. Linehan, PhD. While at BTECH, Tricia worked with hundreds of agencies throughout the world assisting them with their DBT training needs. This included everything from helping organizations with their efforts to fully implement DBT throughout their systems to working with smaller groups and agencies to introduce DBT to their clinicians and staff. Joining PDBTI, Tricia rejoins her long time former BTECH colleague, PDBTI Institute Director, Linda Dimeff, PhD. Personally, Tricia has a passion for social justice and dedication to helping improve the lives of people who are suffering from mental illness. She is excited to bring her energy and talent to PDBTI and servings its partners who wish to learn, do, and implement DBT
