What clinical psych PhD programs emphasize/teach/conduct research on dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT)? I am particularly interested in the treatment of substance abuse using DBT. Thanks in advance!
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
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Alan Marlatt at U of Washington looks at mindfulness based approaches to treating substance abuse. Otherwise:
- Jennifer Waltz at U of Montana
- Anthony Ahrens at American University (but they don't offer DBT training)
- Marsha Linehan at U Washington (obviously, haha)
- Jennifer Cheavens at Ohio State
- Timothy Trull at U of Missouri Columbia was looking at some DBT-related projects last I saw
- Alan Fruzzetti at U of Nevada Reno
- Ruth Baer at U of Kentucky
- Lizabeth Roemer at U of MA Boston, sort of
- Peggilee Wupperman used to be at Yale, but now I'm confused.
A bunch of others that I'm sure I'm forgetting. Note though that DBT training is something you can also pursue on your own, and just because a person researches DBT doesn't mean they necessarily train students in it.
- Jennifer Waltz at U of Montana
- Anthony Ahrens at American University (but they don't offer DBT training)
- Marsha Linehan at U Washington (obviously, haha)
- Jennifer Cheavens at Ohio State
- Timothy Trull at U of Missouri Columbia was looking at some DBT-related projects last I saw
- Alan Fruzzetti at U of Nevada Reno
- Ruth Baer at U of Kentucky
- Lizabeth Roemer at U of MA Boston, sort of
- Peggilee Wupperman used to be at Yale, but now I'm confused.
A bunch of others that I'm sure I'm forgetting. Note though that DBT training is something you can also pursue on your own, and just because a person researches DBT doesn't mean they necessarily train students in it.
I don't want to limit myself to DBT only. I'm interested in research related to mindfulness, self-awareness, Eastern philosophy, meditation, etc. Please help, because I find this line of work incredibly appealing, but can't find much on it.....
Really? There's a lot of research available out there on these issues, and if you do lit searches on these topics on PsycInfo, you'd find a plethora of articles that would lead you to names of potential mentors. Alternatively, if you search by programs and look at faculty interests, it will take longer, but you'll find the same names that way. I used both of those methods when constructing my list of POIs. Honestly, if you want to be in a PhD program, you should be able to handle that level of research, and if you want to present yourself as a good fit for those types of mentors, you probably want to start reading those articles anyway.
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If you are not wanting to limit yourself to DBT, you might also consider ACT. There is a lot of current research on ACT, while DBT research seems to be focused mainly on which other populations it can effectively treat. ACT is already for many populations and disorders, rather than for one specifically.
The following may be useful as a place to start:
http://behavioraltech.org/index.cfm
http://www.contextualpsychology.org/act
If you look at the names of the researchers, as cardamom suggests, you can find potential mentors.
The following may be useful as a place to start:
http://behavioraltech.org/index.cfm
http://www.contextualpsychology.org/act
If you look at the names of the researchers, as cardamom suggests, you can find potential mentors.
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I have to agree with cardamom--mindfulness research is all the rage right now. You should not only be finding it period, you should be finding a LOT of it.
I really appreciate your responses. Yes, I'm interested in anything that incorporates mindfulness and awareness. So, DBT, ACT, MBCT, etc. I'm very excited about these frameworks, but the problem is, I've already graduated and don't have access to psychinfo. How can I do lit searches? Help!
Wupperman still has an appointment at Yale but is doing her main work in New York through John Jay and St. Luke's (I think Columbia). Last month I interviewed to be project manager on one of her studies. I didn't get it, but she was extremely nice and took a lot of time to talk to me about other opportunities. She's doing a clinical trial of a treatment that uses mindfulness and integrates some DBT principles, targeting substance use and physical aggression. She's doing other studues about mindfulness defecits and addictive behaviors and overall borderline behaviors, and she's also doing some other mindfulness and dbt treatment studies (I think with family members of substance abusers, but I'm not sure). I know she takes grad students through John Jay/CUNY. She also teaches DBT courses at Yale, so she probably does the same at John Jay or St. Luke's.
Eunice Chen is at the Med School in Chicago. She researches DBT for eating disorders. I don't think she advises any grad students, but she sometimes will supervise students in the Chicago area.
Eunice Chen is at the Med School in Chicago. She researches DBT for eating disorders. I don't think she advises any grad students, but she sometimes will supervise students in the Chicago area.
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I worked at Ohio State as an Undergrad doing research with Dr. Jennifer Cheavens. Her Mood and personality studies lab focuses a great deal on Mindfulness and currently has a big project going on combining aspects of CBT and DBT for the treatment of depression. Very interesting stuff.
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Try using Google Scholar. It should turn up a lot of stuff.
Sue Orsillo at Suffolk does research on ACT.
