DBT

DBT-RU is a specialty, outpatient training clinic at Rutgers GSAPP focused on the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and associated conditions. DBT-RU offers treatment to both adults and adolescents and their caregivers... DBT-RU was founded in 2010 by Shireen Rizvi, PhD, ABPP, an international expert in DBT research and training, and a student of Marsha Linehan, PhD, the developer of the treatment. Starting in Fall 2024, Lauren Bonavitacola, PsyD, and Liza Pincus, PsyD, began as co-directors of the DBT-RU clinic. Both co-directors are DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinicians and graduates of Rutgers GSAPP and the DBT-RU clinic. Our clinic therapists are advanced doctoral students from the GSAPP clinical psychology program and the Rutgers psychology PhD program... DBT-RU is an official practicum training site for GSAPP doctoral students and for the Clinical PhD program at Rutgers University.

Also known as: DBT-RU