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SFDBT Staff
- Deborah Mitchell, Ph.D.
Dr. Mitchell began her training in DBT in 2000.
In 2002, she began co-facilitating skills groups
in private practice and has been passionately learning
and working within the DBT model since. In August
of 2006, Deborah co-founded the San Francisco DBT
Center where she provides individual psychotherapy
and co-facilitates several DBT skills groups. In
addition, she has extensive training in psychological
assessment and psychodynamic psychotherapy. Deborah
completed Behavioral Tech’s Intensive DBT
training in 2006 and the Advanced Intensive DBT
training (taught by Marsha Linehan, Ph.D. and Shari
Manning, Ph.D.) in 2008.
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- Mark Rosenthal, LCSW
Mark was introduced to DBT in the mid 1990’s
and began working with the skills in his clinical work
with the homeless population. From 2000 to 2006, Mark
worked at the Partial Hospitalization Program at University
of California, San Francisco's Langley Porter Psychiatric
Institute (LPPI). At LPPI, Mark did individual DBT
with patients and supported the skills developed in
the DBT skills group on the unit. Mark resigned from
LPPI in June of 2006 to co-found the San Francisco
DBT Center where he provides individual psychotherapy,
group psychotherapy, and co-facilitates several DBT
skills groups. He also provides DBT training to clinicians.
Mark completed Behavioral Tech’s Intensive DBT
training in 2006 and the Advanced Intensive DBT training
(taught by Marsha Linehan, Ph.D. and Shari Manning,
Ph.D.) in 2008.
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- Samantha Fordwood, Ph.D
Dr. Fordwood obtained her Ph.D. in clinical
psychology from UCLA, and began her training in DBT
while in graduate school. Since 2006, during her internship
and postdoctoral positions at UCSF, she has worked
as a DBT skills group leader in both the Partial Hospitalization
Program and the adult outpatient program at the Langley
Porter Psychiatric Institute. Additionally, she has
extensive experience as a therapist for UCSF graduate
students. In 2008, Dr. Fordwood joined the San Francisco
DBT Center where she conducts both individual and group
DBT. She also has training in cognitive behavioral
therapy (CBT), psychodynamic therapy, and Mindfulness-Based
Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). Dr. Fordwood works with both
adults and adolescents.
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- Amanda Gale, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
Amanda Gale, Ph.D., began her DBT Training in 2005. She received four years of training with Milton Brown, Ph.D., a Behavioral Tech. trainer who gained expertise in DBT at University of Washington, Seattle, under the mentorship of Marsha Linehan, Ph.D. Dr. Gale is enthusiastically committed to the delivery of DBT and evidence-based treatments. Her dissertation was a validation study of Marsha Linehan’s Reasons For Living Inventory and looked at how people make meaning in their lives, even in the face of adversity (chronic pain). Her other interests include mindfulness, distress tolerance, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT, MBSR, MBCT), and exposure and behavioral activation therapies. She began receiving training in mindfulness and mindfulness-based treatments in 2004. Dr. Gale has extensive practice in mindfulness, including a daily mindfulness meditation practice, and is passionate about mindfulness-based treatments. In addition to working with adults suffering from depression, anxiety, and personality disorder symptoms, Dr. Gale enjoys working with young adults and, along with Samantha Fordwood, Ph.D., is developing a Young Adult DBT Program at the SF DBT Center.
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