DBT Psychological Services of Long Island is a Psychologist based in the USA. My areas of speciality include Anger Management, Anxiety, Autism, Chronic Pain, Coping Skills, Divorce, Family Conflict, Peer Relationships, Sexual Addiction, and Stress. This profile is currently unclaimed; please validate the details are current when communicating with the mental health professional.
Therapist Overview
For the past 25 years, Dr. Kim Lehnert has been applying Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to depression, anxiety, bipolar disorders, trauma, substance abuse, high-functioning autism, eating disorders, borderline personality disorder, and self-harm/suicidal behaviors. Dr. Lehnert works with pre-adolescents, adolescents, college students, young adults, and adults providing individual therapy, leading several weekly DBT skills groups, and teaching weekly Multi-Family DBT Skills workshops. Dr. Lehnert has completed two 10-day DBT intensive trainings and has served as a national trainer for Behavioral Tech, LLC. Dr. Lehnert specializes in DBT, developed to treat individuals who have emotions that are triggered quickly, are intense, and take a long time to resolve. Dr Lehnert targets high-risk behaviors through acceptance (validation, mindfulness, distress tolerance) and change strategies (emotion regulation, problem solving, reducing ineffective thinking). DBT is effective with borderline