Curriculum Vitae
Francheska Perepletchikova, Ph.D.
DBT-Linehan Board of Certification Board Certified Clinician
Updated 04/2024
Academic Positions and Professional Employment
01/2024 – present
Co-Founder, Chief Training Executive, Director of CE, The Comprehensive Training Center, LLC
06/2022 – present
Associate Professor in Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School
12/2021 – present
Founding Director, DBT for Children Center for Training and Guidance, LLC
09/2020 – present
Clinical Psychologist, Psychological Services, PLLC
04/2015 – present
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Trainer, Behavioral Tech, LLC
08/2016 – 09/2020
Director, Outpatient Adolescent DBT Program, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
08/2012 – 09/2020
Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College
08/2012 – 09/2020
Assistant Attending Psychologist, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
07/2012 – 06/2015
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology, Yale University School of Medicine
07/2010 – 06/2012
Associate Research Scientist, Yale University School of Medicine
Professional License
08/2012 – present
New York State Psychology License # 019741
11/2012 – present
State of Connecticut Psychology License # 003252
Board Certification
10/2016
Dialectical Behavior Therapy – Linehan Board of Certification
Education
Fellowship
2007-2010
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Post-Doctoral Clinical Psychology Fellow
Ph.D.
2007
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Clinical Psychology, APA Accredited Program
Internship
2006-2007
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Pre-Doctoral Clinical Psychology Intern
M. Phil.
2004
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Clinical Psychology, APA Accredited Program
M.S.
2003
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Clinical Psychology, APA Accredited Program
M.A.
1996
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Developmental Psychology, APA Accredited Program
B.A.
1993
Saint John’s University, Jamaica, NY
Major: Psychology, Summa Cum Laude
A.A.
1991
Mechnikov Odessa National University, Odessa, Ukraine
English Language and Literature
Awards
06/2017
Teacher Of The Year Award, New York Presbyterian Hospital, The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell Westchester Division
Fellowships
07/2011
NIH Summer Research Institute on Design and Conduct of Randomized Clinical Trails
2009-2010
NIMH Child Intervention, Prevention, and Services Fellowship
2007-2010
NRSA/NIMH Research Fellowship in Functional Disability Interventions, Yale University
2005-2006
Robert M. Leylan Dissertation Fellowship, Yale University, Department of Psychology
2001-2005
Yale University Fellowship, Yale University, Department of Psychology
Academic Honors
05/2007
09/1993
Gold Medal for the Highest Academic Average, St. John’s University
Committee Member
11/2018 – present
International Association of DBT Training Development Committee
02/2016 – present
International Society for Improvement and Teaching of DBT
09/2008 – 05/2013
National Educational Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
Research Support
Current
06/01/2019 – present
Agency: Kennedy Krieger Institute, John Hopkins University
I.D# Goldstein Innovation and Collaboration Pilot Grant
Title: Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Children (DBT-C) with Youth with Disruptive and Aggressive Behavior and Significant Trauma Histories: A Preliminary Feasibility and Outcomes Study
PI: Joan Kaufman, Ph.D
Role: Consultant
Agency: Oslo University, Norway
Title: Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Children (DBT-C): Preliminary efficacy
Role: Consultant
Completed
07/01/2010 – 06/30/2016
Agency: NIH/NIMH
I.D# MH087627
Title: “Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy to children with Disruptive Mood Dysregulation
Disorder: Pilot RCT”
Role: PI
Percent Effort: 75%
Total costs for project period: $926,874
04/01/2011 – 09/31/2016
Agency: Green Chimneys Residential Treatment Center
Title: “Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy to children in residential care: Pilot RCT with children with severe emotional and behavioral dysregulation”
Role: PI
Percent Effort: 25%
Total costs for project period: $200,089
10/01/2010 – 03/31/2011
Agency: Veterans Administration, National Center for PTSD
Director: John Krystal, M.D
Role: Research Scientist
Percent Effort: 25%
Total costs for project period: $11,901
Responsibilities involved development of novel psychotherapeutic approaches for traumatized youth.
01/07/2007 – 06/30/2010
NRSA/NIMH Research Fellowship in Functional Disability Interventions
T-32-MH062994 (Bell)
Publications
Original research and theoretical treatise
Perepletchikova, F., Nathanson, D., Axelrod, S.R., Merrill, C., Walker, A., Grossman, M., Rebeta, J., Scahill, L., Kaufman, J., Flye, B., Mauer, E., & Walkup, J. (2017). Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children with Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder: Feasibility and primary outcomes. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 56, 832-840.
Perepletchikova, F., & Goodman, G. (2014). Two approaches to treating pre-adolescent children with severe emotional and behavioral problems: Dialectical Behavior Therapy adapted for children and Mentalization-Based Child Therapy. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 24, 298-312.
Weder, N., Zhang, H., Jense, K., Yang, B.Z., Simen, A., Jackowski, A., Lipscitz, D., Douglas-Palumberi, H., Ge, M., Perepletchikova, F., O’Laughlin, K., Hunziak, J., Gelertner, J., & Kaufman, J. (2014). Child abuse, depression, and methylation in genes involved with the stress, neural plasticity, and brain circuitry. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 53, 417-424.
Yang, B.Z., Zhang, H., Ge, W., Weder, N., Douglas-Palumberi, H., Perepletchikova, F., Gelernter, J., & Kaufman, J. (2013). Child Abuse and Epigenetic Mechanisms of Disease Risk. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 44,101-107.
Perepletchikova, F., Ansel, E., & Axelrod, S. (2012). Borderline personality features and history of maltreatment in mothers of children receiving child protective services. Child Maltreatment, 17, 182-190.
Perepletchikova, F., Axelrod, S., Kaufman, J. Rounsaville, B. J., Douglas-Palumberi, H., & Miller, A (2011). Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy for children: Towards a new research agenda for paediatric suicidal and non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 16, 116-121.
Perepletchikova, F. (2011). On the topic of treatment integrity. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 18, 148-153.
Axelrod, S., Perepletchikova, F., Holtzman, K., & Sinha, R. (2011). Emotion regulation and substance use frequency in women with substance dependence and borderline personality disorder receiving Dialectical Behavior Therapy. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 37, 37–42.
Perepletchikova, F., & Kaufman, F. (2010). Emotional and behavioral sequelae of childhood maltreatment. Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 22, 610-615.
Perepletchikova, F. (2009). Treatment integrity and differential treatment effects. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 16, 379-382.
Perepletchikova, F., Hilt, L., Chereji, E., & Kazdin, A.E. (2009). Barriers to implementation of treatment integrity procedures: Survey of psychotherapy outcome researchers. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77, 212-218.
Perepletchikova, F., Kaufman, J., & Krystal, J.H. (2008). Practitioner Review: Adolescent alcohol use disorders: Assessment and treatment issues. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49, 1131-1154.
Perepletchikova, F., Treat, T., & Kazdin, A.E. (2007). Treatment integrity in psychotherapy research: Analysis of the studies and examination of the associated factors. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 829-841.
Perepletchikova, F., & Kazdin, A. E. (2005). Treatment integrity and therapeutic change: Issues and research recommendations. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 12, 365-383.
Perepletchikova, F., & Kazdin, A. E. (2004). Assessment of parenting practices related to conduct problems: Development and validation of the Management of Children’s Behavior Scale. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 13, 385-403.
Martinez, J., Kent, J. M., Coplan, J., Browne, S., Papp, L., Sullivan, G. M., Kleber, M., Perepletchikova, F., Fyer, A.,Klein, D. F. & Gorman, J. M. (2001). Respiratory variability in panic disorder. Journal of Depression and Anxiety, 14, 232-237.
Books & Book Chapters
Perepletchikova, F., Nathanson, D. (2021). Personality disorders of youths. In, M.J. Princtein, E.A. Youngstrom, E.J. Mash, & R.A. Barley (Eds.), Treatment of childhood disorders (4th ed.). NY: Guilford Press.
Perepletchikova, F., & Nathanson, D. (2020). Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children: An overview of the model. In, L.A. Dimeff, S. Rizvi, & K. Koerner (Eds), Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Clinical Practice. NY: Guilford Press.
Perepletchikova, F. (2018). Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children. In, M. Swales (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (pp. 691-718). UK: Oxford University Press.
Hammond., C., Kaufman, J., & Perepletchikova, F. (2017). Alcohol use disorders. In, R. Levesque (Ed.), Encyclopedia of adolescence, 2nd editions. NY: Springer.
Kaufman, J., Birmaher, B., Axelson, D., Perepletchikova, F., Brent, D., & Ryan, N. (2016). Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Aged Children (K-SADS-PL). Kennedy Krieger Institute.
Perepletchikova, F. (2013). Assessment of treatment integrity in psychotherapy research. In, L. Sanetti & T. Kratochwill (Eds.), Treatment Integrity: A Foundation for Evidence-Based Practice in Applied Psychology.APA Press.
Perepletchikova, F. (2011). Adolescent Use Disorder. In Levesque, R.J.R. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Adolescence. NY: Springer.
Perepletchikova, F. & Kaufman, J. (2011). Genetic and environmental predictors of depression. In D. Romer, S. Jaffee, & K. Kendler (Eds.). The dynamic genome and mental health: The role of genes and environments in development (pp. 272-293). NY: Oxford University Press.
Kaufman, J. & Perepletchikova, F. (2011). Promoting resilience in maltreated children. In K. Dodge & M. Rutter (Eds.), Gene-environment interaction effects in developmental psychopathology (pp.159-188). NY: Guilford Press.
Perepletchikova, F. (2010). Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder. In K. Cheng & K. Myers (Eds.), Child and adolescent psychiatry: The essentials (3nd ed.) (pp.70-88). Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins.
Perepletchikova, F. (2009). Treatment integrity in treatment outcome research: Adequacy of procedures, associated factors, implications for research and practice, guidelines and recommendations. Verlag: Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG.
Perepletchikova, F., & Kazdin, A. E. (2005). Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder. In K. Cheng & K. Myers (Eds.), Child and adolescent psychiatry: The essentials (2nd ed.). Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins.
Manuscripts and books under review or in preparation
Perepletchikova, F. & Linehan, M. (in preparation). Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Children: Intervention for pre-adolescent children with severe emotional and behavioral dysregulation. Guilford Press.
Perepletchikova, F., & Axelrod, S. (in preparation). Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Children: Handouts and worksheets. Guilford Press.
Perepletchikova, F., Klee, S., Davidowitz, J., Nathanson, D., Merrill, C., Axelrod, S., McArthur, M., & Walkup, J (manuscript in preparation). Dialectical Behavior Therapy with pre-adolescent children in residential care: Feasibility and primary outcomes.
Major Research Experiences
04/2011-09/2016
Principal Investigator, Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy to children in residential care: Randomized Clinical Trial with children with severe emotional and behavioral dysregulation. Yale University School of Medicine/Weill Cornell Medical College. Funded by Green Chimneys Residential Treatment Center
07/2010-06/2016
Principal Investigator, Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy to children with Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder: Randomized Clinical Trial. Yale University School of Medicine/Weill Cornell Medical College. Funded by NIMH
07/2010-08/2012
Associate Research Scientist, Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children. Yale University School of Medicine. Funded by Veterans Administration, National Center for PTSD/NRSA
07/2007-06/2010
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children. Yale University School of Medicine. Funded by T-32 NIMH Research Fellowship in Functional Disability Interventions
Major Clinical Experiences
09/2020 – present
Founding Director, Youth-Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program, Katonah, NY
08/2016-09/2020
Director, Outpatient Adolescent DBT Program, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
08/2012-09/2020
Attending Psychologist (adult and child), New York Presbyterian Hospital, White Plains, NY
06/2007-07/2012
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (adult and child), Parent Support Services, Yale Child and Adolescent Research and Education Program, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
06/2010-05/2011
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (child and adolescent), Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New haven, CT
06/2006 – 06/2007
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (adult and adolescent), Pre Doctoral Clinical Psychology Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
08/2005 – 06/2006
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (adult), Assistant Director, Yale Anxiety and Mood Disorders Services, Yale University, Department of Psychology, New Haven, CT
09/2004 – 06/2005
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (adult), Yale Eating and Weight Disorders Clinic, Yale University, Department of Psychology, New Haven, CT
05/2003 – 09/2004
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (adult), Yale Eating and Weight Disorders Clinic, Yale University, Department of Psychology, New Haven, CT
04/2002 – 05/2004
Parent Management Training, Child Conduct Clinic, Yale University, Department of Psychology, New Haven, CT
04/2000 – 09/2001
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (child), Child Conduct Clinic, Yale University, Department of Psychology, New Haven, CT
Supervisory Experience
03/2016 – 09/2020
Therapists implementing interventions to children, adolescence and adults at Youth-DBT Program. Weill Cornell Medical College, White Plains, NY
09/2013 – 09/2020
Post-doctoral fellows conducting child/adolescent psychotherapy and Adolescent DBT group training. Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, White Plains, NY
05/2013 – 12/2015
Research therapists and social workers implementing DBT for children and research staff administering assessment inventories in outpatient setting. Weill Cornell Medical College, White Plains, NY.
07/2011 – 03/2015
Research therapists, social workers, and milieu staff implementing DBT for children in residential care setting. Green Chimneys Residential Treatment Center, Brewster, NY
The Linehan Institute Behavioral Tech Workshops
11/2023
6-day Part 2 DBT for pre-adolescent children workshop
Latin America, remote training
04/2023
6-day Part 1 DBT for pre-adolescent children workshop
Latin America, remote training
10/2022
3-day Part 2 DBT for pre-adolescent children workshop
Latin America, remote training
03/2022
Latin America, remote training
01/2022
Remote training
08/2021
3-day Part 1DBT for pre-adolescent children workshop
Remote training
04/2021
3-day Part 2 DBT for pre-adolescent children workshop
Life Development Resources, remote training
10/2020
3-day Part 1 DBT for pre-adolescent children workshop
Life Development Resources, remote training
08/2019
3-day Part 2 DBT for pre-adolescent children workshop
Choices Counseling, Siera Madre, CA
02/2019
3-day Part 1 DBT for pre-adolescent children workshop
Choices Counseling, Siera Madre, CA
12/2018
5-day DBT Foundational with Adam Payne, Ph.D.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, White Plains, NY
10/2018
3-day Part 2 DBT for pre-adolescent children workshop with Donald Nathnson, LCSW
Child Mind Institute, New York, NY
04/2018
3-day Part 1 DBT for pre-adolescent children workshop with Donald Nathnson, LCSW
Child Mind Institute, New York, NY
10/2017
5-day DBT Foundational with Adam Payne, Ph.D.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, White Plains, NY
06/2016
5-day DBT Intensive Part 2 with Adam Payne, Ph.D.
Hudson Valley Mental Health, Poughkeepsie, NY
02/2016
1-day DBT for pre-adolescent children workshop with Donald Nathanson, L.C.S.W. Spring Time in NY with Marsha and Friends: Advanced Topics in DBT, New York, NY
01/2016
5-day DBT Intensive Part 1 with Adam Payne, Ph.D.
Hudson Valley Mental Health, Poughkeepsie, NY
11/2015
2-day Introduction to DBT: Skilful Living workshop with Adam Payne, Ph.D.
Hudson Valley Mental Health, Poughkeepsie, NY
04/2015
New York-Presbyterian Hospital, NY
Other DBT Workshops
04/2024
6-day Part 1 DBT for pre-adolescent children workshop
Nachas Consulting, Brooklyn, NY, remote training
03/2024
4-day DBT-C: Basics Concepts and Skills Training workshop
DBT Brazil, remote training
12/2023
6-day Part 2 DBT for pre-adolescent children workshop
DBT Center Ukraine, remote training
10/2023
6-day Part 2 DBT for pre-adolescent children workshop
Nachas Consulting, Brooklyn, NY, remote training
05/2023
6-day Part 1 DBT for pre-adolescent children workshop
DBT Center Ukraine, remote training
03/2023
6-day Part 1 DBT for pre-adolescent children workshop
Nachas Consulting, Brooklyn, NY, remote training
09/2022
3-day Part 2 DBT for pre-adolescent children workshop
Behavioral Care Center of NJ, remote training
03/2022
3-day Part 1 DBT for pre-adolescent children workshop
Behavioral Care Center of NJ, remote training
04/2020
3-day Part 2 workshop on DBT for pre-adolescent children
John Hopkins University
07/2019
3-day Part 1 workshop on DBT for pre-adolescent children
John Hopkins University
05/2019
3-day Part 2 workshop on DBT for pre-adolescent children
Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
04/2018
5-day Part 1 workshop on DBT for pre-adolescent children
Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
07/26/2017
2-hour workshop on DBT-C treatment targets hierarchy for mental health providers, Larchmont Mamaroneck Community Counseling Center, Larchmont, NY
10-11/2016
White Plains Public Schools, White Plains, NY
10-11/2015
Green Chimneys Residential Treatment Center, Brewster, NY
05/2011 – 11/2011
Wellmore Behavioral Health, Child Outpatient Department, Waterbury, CT
09/2010 – 03/2011
Green Chimneys Residential Treatment Center, Brewster, NY
Consulting
11/2022 – present
DBT Center of Ukraine, Ukraine
09/2021 – present
Chile DBT Center, Latin America
06/2018 – present
Innovations in Psychotherapy, Moscow DBT teams, Russia
10/2020 – 4/2021
Life Development Resources, MN
05/2018 – 04/2019
Child Mind Institute, New York, NY
02/2019 – 08/2019
Choices Counseling and Skills Center, Sierra Madre, CA
10/2016 – 05/2017
White Plains Public Schools District, White Plains, NY
02/2016 – 01/2017
Hudson Valley Mental Health, Poughkeepsie, NY
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Strategic Planning Meeting, Seattle , WA
10/21/2017
Presenter, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children: Mechanisms of change”
10/08/2016
Presenter, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children: Rethinking the Biosocial Theory and the Treatment Target Hierarchy”
10/02/2015
Presenter, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children: Outcomes of two randomized clinical trials”
09/18/2014
Presenter, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy for children in residential care: Challenges in implementation”
09/25/2011
Presenter, “Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy for children: Towards the new research agenda”
09/27/2010
Presenter, “Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy for children”
Conference Presentations
03/11/2023
Presenter, Russian Association of DBT Therapists, virtual convention “DBT for children: Dialectics in action”
10/02/2022
Presenter, 2nd Latino American Congress of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, virtual convention “DBT for children: Addressing external and internal controlling factors”
11/19/2020
Presenter, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, virtual convention, “DBT for children: Secondary targets”
10/24/2018
Presenter, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 65th Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Co-presenters: Jill Emanuele and Ema Saito, “Is this the real deal?: A comprehensive overview of adherent DBT for youth using challenging case examples across levels of care”
09/27/2018
Workshop, 5st International Congress on Borderline Personality Disorder and Allied Disorders, Sitges, Spain
“DBT for pre-adolescent children:”
05/17/2018
Presenter, 1st Latino American Congress of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Buenos Aires, Argentina, “DBT for pre-adolescent children”
05/04/2018
Presenter, Emotional Dysregulation in Families: Treatment and Support, 14th Annual Yale Borderline Personality Disorder Conference, New Haven, CT, “DBT for children: Helping regulate parents to regulate kids”
11/20/2017
Key Note Speaker, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A new frontier in treatment of pre-adolescent children with severe emotional and behavioral dysregulation”
11/20/2017
Workshop, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children: Treatment targets, strategies, and application of procedures with a pediatric population”
11/14/2017
Session Chair and Workshop Presenter, European Scientific Conference on Pediatrics, London, UK, “Treatment of severe mood dysregulation and corresponding behavioral discontrol in pediatric population: The nuts and bolts of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children”
05/12/2017
Presenter, DBT Network Meeting, Cologne, Germany, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children: Overview of the model and preliminary efficacy”
05/26/2017
Presenter, Association for Psychological Sciences, Boston, MA, “Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children”
11/16/2016
Presenter, Leir Symposium on Educating Children with Special Needs, Ridgefield, CT, “Behavior management in the classroom: Lessons learned from the application of the Dialectical Behavior Therapy principles and procedures”
10/29/2016
Discussant, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY, “Mechanisms of change: It’s complicated”
10/29/2016
Presenter, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY, “DBT for re-adolescent children with severe emotional and behavioral dysregulation: Outcomes of two RCTs”
10/27/2016
Workshop, International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, New York, NY, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children: Overview of major adaptations”
10/26/2016
Presenter, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York, NY, “DBT for pre-adolescent children: Strategies, procedures and techniques”
09/10/2016
Presenter, 4th International Congress on Borderline Personality Disorder & Allied Disorder, Vienna, Austria, “Efficacy of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-children with severe emotional and behavioral dysregulation.”
09/14/2016
Presenter, 4th International Conference on DBT, Olso, Norway, “DBT for children”
11/12/2015
Presenter, International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Chicago, IL, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy for children with severe emotional and behavioral dysregulation: What have we learned so far”
08/08/2015
Presenter, American Psychological Association Convention, Toronto, Canada, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children: Method and preliminary findings”
05/01/2015
Presenter, Annual Yale Borderline Personality Disorder Conference, New Haven, CT, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children: Current research and challenges”
10/24/2013
Presenter, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy adapted for children: Parent training component”
05/07/2010
Presenter, Borderline Personality Disorder, Obesity, and Eating Disorders, 6th Annual Yale Borderline Personality Disorder Conference, New Haven, CT, “Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy for children”
10/31/2009
Presenter, National Alliance on Mental Health Conference, Glastonbury CT, “Adapting dialectical behavior therapy for children: Towards a new research agenda for pediatric suicidal and non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors”
11/16/2008
Presenter, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, Orlando, FL, “Dialectical behavior therapy skills training for children: Two pilot studies”
11/14/2008
Presenter, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, Orlando, FL, “Treatment Integrity in psychotherapy research: Adequacy of procedures and barriers to implementation”
05/28/2006
Presenter, Association for Psychological Science, 18th Annual Convention, New York, NY, “Treatment integrity in psychotherapy research: Analysis of the studies and evaluation of the associated factors”
Webinars
12/06/2023
Presenter, Oberberg Kliniken, Germany
“DBT for children: Dialectic of addressing external and internal controlling factors”
04/27/2022
Presenter, The Sashbear Foundation Family Connections Program
“Invalidation: Therapeutic tool and a weapon of mass destruction”
02/03/2021
Presenter, The Sashbear Foundation Family Connections Program, “Superparenting 101: Tips on raising a supersenser”
12/17/2017
Presenter, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, 2017 Call-In Series, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children: Helping parents help their kids”
10/15/2015
Presenter, Live Webinar, The Linehan Institute Behavioral TECH, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children with severe emotional and behavioral dysregulation”
08/31/2014
Presenter, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, 2014 Call-In Series, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children: Issues and challenges in adaptation and implementation”
Invited Speaker
09/02/2019
Presenter, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA, “DBT for children: Addressing primary targets within a modified treatment target hierarchy”
09/01/2019
Workshop, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA, “Core problem Analysis: Addressing DBT-C secondary targets”
11/13/2017
Presenter, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College, London, UK, “Treating severe emotional dysregulation in pediatric population: Results of two RCTs on Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children”
02/21/2017
02/22/2017
Presenter, Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Weill Cornell Medical College, “Application of Dialectical Behavior Therapy to Treatment of Severe Emotional and Behavioral Dysregulation in Pre-Adolescent Children”
06/16/2017
Presenter, Oslo University Hospital Yearly Seminar Series, Oslo, Norway, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy for children in a nutshell”
06/16/2017
Workshop, Oslo University Hospital, Olso, Norway, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy for children: Nuts and bolts of treatment implementation”
05/19/2016
Presenter, Department of Social Work, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Theoretical nuts and bolts with a research on practical applications”
12/07/2015
Presenter, Department of Psychology, St. John’s University, Queens, NY, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy for children: Outcomes of the two randomized clinical trials.”
10/23/2015
Presenter, Child Study Center, New York University, New York, NY, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy for children: Outcomes of the two randomized clinical trials.”
12/8/2014
Presenter, Samuel Kahn Memorial Lecture Series, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, White Plains, NY , “Irritability and severe temper outbursts: Helping parents help their children.”
04/15/2014
Presenter, Treating Teens Lecture Series, Reading Hospital, Reading, PA, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy adapted for children: Parenting a sensitive child”
02/21/2013
Presenter, Weill Cornell Medical College, White Plains, NY, “Adopting Dialectical Behavior Therapy for children: Strategies and procedures.”
08/19/2011
Presenter, Yale-New Haven Hospital Intensive Outpatient Program, New Haven, CT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy seminar, “Dialectical behavior therapy adaptations”
03/31/2011
Presenter, Yale University, Department of Psychology, New Haven, CT, Current Works in Clinical Psychology seminar series, “Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy for children: Toward the new research agenda on pediatric suicidality and self-harm behaviors”
03/31/2011
Presenter, Yale University, Department of Psychology, New Haven, CT, Current Works in Clinical Psychology seminar series, “Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy for children: Toward the new research agenda on pediatric suicidality and self-harm behaviors”
02/17/2010
Presenter, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT, Psychotherapy Development seminar, “Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy for suicidal and self-harming children: Preliminary research, adaptation of treatment components and a planned RCT with children in foster care”
10/15/2009
Presenter, Wellpath Behavior Health for Children and Families, Waterbury, CT, “Dialectical behavior therapy: Validation and acceptance strategies”
08/26/2009
Presenter, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT, Psychotherapy Development seminar, “Dialectical behavior therapy change strategies for co-morbid BPD and substance use disorders.”
08/11/2009
Presenter, Yale-New Haven Hospital Intensive Outpatient Program, New Haven, CT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy seminar, “Dialectical behavior therapy change strategies”
12/17/2008
Presenter, Mental Health Services Research Division Meeting, West Haven VA, CT, “Dialectical behavior therapy skills training for children: Two pilot studies”
10/24/2008
Presenter, Wellpath Behavior Health for Children and Families , Waterbury, CT, “Adapting dialectical behavior therapy skills training to children: Feasibility and acceptability pilot”
10/14/2008
Guest Lecturer, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT, Psychotherapy Development seminar, “Adapting dialectical behavior therapy skills training to children: Initial feasibility and acceptability pilot”
02/12/2008
Presenter, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT, Psychotherapy Development seminar, “Treatment integrity in psychotherapy research”
12/05/2008
Guest Lecturer, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT, Cognitive Behavioral Interventions seminar, “Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Acceptance and Validation”
10/05/2006
Presenter, Yale University, Department of Psychology, New Haven, CT, Current Works in Clinical Psychology seminar series, “Treatment integrity in psychotherapy research”
02/21/2003
Guest Lecturer, Wesleyan University, Department of Psychology, Middletown, CT, Abnormal Psychology Course, “Disruptive behavior disorders”
11/04/2003
Presenter, Yale University, Department of Psychology, New Haven, CT, Current Works in Clinical Psychology seminar series, “Management of Child Behavior Scale: Development and validation”
10/23/2000
Guest Lecturer, Yale University, Department of Psychology, New Haven, CT, Abnormal Psychology Course, “Parent Management Training”
Poster Presentations
10/29/2016
Poster Presentation, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York, NY, “Adaptations of Evidence-Based Psychological Treatment in Inpatient, partial hospitalization and residential settings”
11/13/2008
Poster Presentation, International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Orlando, FL, “Adapting dialectical behavior therapy skill training for children: Feasibility and acceptability pilot”
Ad-Hoc Reviewer
2016 – present
BMC Psychology
2014 – present
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryJournal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2011 – present
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
2010 – present
Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice
2010 – present
Child Maltreatment
2009 – present
Child Abuse and Neglect
2009 – present
Behavior Research and Theory
2008 – present
Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
2007 – present
Clinical Psychology Science and Practice
