About Our DBT Team
Our providers are all hired because they come to EBTCS with graduate and/or postgraduate specialist training in DBT. Once at EBTCS, they receive further specialist training including at least one year of supervision by experts in DBT. Additionally, our DBT therapists receive extensive training in other evidence-based treatments that may be implemented within DBT, including treatments for depression, anxiety, trauma, eating disorders, and many others. All of our providers attend regular, ongoing trainings to stay up-to-date on the latest developments in evidence-based care. We are highly specialized to work with clients with high-risk, chronic, challenging problems.
DBT Team Members
Jennifer Sayrs, PhD, ABPP
Executive Director, Co-Director of the DBT Center
DBT Center
Jo Berg, PhD
Co-Director of the DBT Center
DBT Center
Karen Berlin, MD
Co-Medical Director, Psychiatrist
Anxiety Center, DBT Center, Eating Disorders Center, Psychiatry
Kjersti Braunstein, MD
Co-Medical Director, Psychiatrist
Child Anxiety Center, DBT Center, Eating Disorders Center, Psychiatry
Grace Gu, PhD
Staff Psychologist
DBT Center
Olga Hewett, MD
Psychiatrist
Child Anxiety Center, DBT Center, Eating Disorders Center, Psychiatry
Kimberly Hopper, PsyD
Postdoctoral Fellow
DBT Center
Alex Ivey, PsyD
Staff Psychologist
DBT Center
William Maier, PhD
Staff Psychologist
DBT Center
Briana McElfish, PsyD
Director of the Eating Disorders Center
DBT Center, Eating Disorders Center
Alisa Pisciotta, MSW, LICSW
Staff Therapist
DBT Center
Tina Schweizer, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
DBT Center
Megan Shope, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
DBT Center, Eating Disorders Center
Shannon Sorenson, PhD
Staff Psychologist
DBT Center
Natalie Stroupe, PhD
Staff Psychologist
DBT Center
Joanna Watson, PhD
Staff Psychologist
DBT Center
Amanda Henkel
Client Services Coordinator
Administration, Psychiatry
