Brianna Johnson

Brianna by the numbers: 1 dog that looks like a fox named Jeffrey 10 dream vacations planned for some time in the (hopefully near) future 1 the number of stop lights in Brianna’s hometown Brianna grew up in a small

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Loren Wampler

Loren Wampler

Loren by the numbers: 2 years spent as a certified first responder teaching CPR 3 surfboards owned (and broken) 33 1/3 rotations per minute Loren Wampler is a member of the Executive Management team at PDBTI and its sister organization,

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Andrew White

Andrew by the numbers: 2 Dogs in his house who wear ties 89 Year of manufacture of his current VW (and 1991 for his “new” VW) 100 Watts of hearing damage in his current Ampeg V4 guitar amp  120 Pounds

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Linda Dimeff

Linda Dimeff, PhD joins Portland DBT Institute, Inc. as Institute Director after previously serving as Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President at BTECH Research, Inc., an organization she co-founded with Marsha M. Linehan, PhD to facilitate the training and dissemination

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DBT Training Calendar

(Intensive Training) DBT CITI Part I
October 6-8 & 14-15, 2025
Andrew White, PhD, ABPP, DBT-LBC
Ashley Maliken, PhD, DBT-LBC


(Free CE Hour) Your Parent Compass: DBT and Behavioral Parent Training for Parents who Support Struggling Youth
October 8, 2025
Nancy Cohen, PhD
Tracy Kalloway, MA, LPC


DBT in a Nutshell for Adolescents and Caregivers
October 16-17, 2025
Tali Wigod, PsyD, DBT-LBC


Maximizing Individual Therapy in DBT: Moving Beyond Life Threatening Behavior
October 30-31, 2025
Leah Smart-Gordon, LCSW, DBT-LBC


Diving into DBT Skills
November 6-7, 2025
Jason Fritts, LCSW, DBT-LBC


(Free CE Hour) The Role of Zen in DBT
November 12, 2025
Randy Wolbert, MSW, Zen Roshi


Ethics, Boundaries of Competence, Avoiding Harm, and Risk Management: Working Well with the Suicidal Patient
December 5, 2025
Andrew White, PhD, ABPP, DBT-LBC


(EXCLUSIVE) Dialectics can be Challenging and Freeing: Tools for Teaching and Applying Dialectics
December 12, 2025
Andrea Gold, PhD
Jesse Finkelstein, PsyD


DBT in a Nutshell: Treating Multi-Diagnostic, Complex Individuals
January 15-16, 2026
Irmary Rodriguez Rivera, PhD, DBT-LBC


(EXCLUSIVE) Digging Deeper into Clinical Credibility: Practical and Ethical Applications for Challenging Pseudoscience and Utilizing Evidence-Based Treatments
January 30, 2026
Sarah Hope Lincoln, PhD


(EXCLUSIVE) Zen Based Mindfulness and Psychotherapy: Cultivating your own Zen Garden
February 26, 2026
March 5, 2026
March 12, 2026
March 19, 2026
Randy Wolbert, MSW, Zen Roshi
Julianne Ballón-Casement, MSW, LCSW


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