Who We Are

I am a Psychologist and the Coordinator of the DBT Program at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System as well as an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington. I previously worked as the Research Director of Dr. Marsha Linehan’s Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington (2006-2018), Director of Research and Development for Behavioral Tech, LLC (2014-2017), and Director of Behavioral Tech Research, Inc. (2013-2016). My research focuses on the development and evaluation of the DBT Prolonged Exposure protocol for PTSD as well as methods of disseminating and implementing this and other evidence-based treatments into clinical practice. I regularly provide training and consultation nationally and internationally in DBT and DBT PE and have published numerous articles and book chapters on these treatments. I am a certified DBT therapist, a certified PE therapist and supervisor, am board certified in Behavioral and Cognitive therapy, and am licensed as a psychologist in the state of Washington.

Education

Postdoctoral Fellow, Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, University of Washington, 2004-2006
Postdoctoral Fellow, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School and Two Brattle Center, 2003-2004
Predoctoral Intern, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 2002-2003
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002
MA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999
BA, Wesleyan University, 1997