BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dr. Yevgeny Botanov received his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Kansas, completed a predoctoral internship at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and specialized in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) through a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Washington with Dr. Marsha Linehan, the developer of DBT.

Dr. Botanov has spent over a decade in academia teaching undergraduate and graduate students and training future mental health providers while being active in clinical research. His research interests explore effective and efficacious interventions for depression and suicide. Specifically, he is interested in what interventions work and how well they work to treat depression and reduce suicide. Additionally, he is interested in clinical science literacy, especially how the (mis)understanding of science affects clinical practice. Dr. Botanov has published in peer reviewed publications such as Behavior Therapy, Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, and Nature Reviews: Psychology. He is an editorial board member for Training and Education in Professional Psychology.

Currently, Dr. Botanov is the Assistant Director of Clinical Training at the University of Maryland and maintains a small DBT practice with The Bethesda Group, LLC.

Alan E. Fruzzetti, PhD, is a Research Fellow at the National Suicide Research Foundation/ University College Cork, Lead for supervision & implementation for the National DBT Team in Ireland, on the faculty at Harvard Medical School (now part-time), and professor emeritus at the University of Nevada-Reno.

Alan is a co-founder of the Center for DBT and Families, the Center for Trauma and Stress Education, and the World DBT Association, a past-president of the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEA-BPD) and on the board of directors of the DBT Board of Certification. He has developed dialectical behavior therapy applications for parents, couples and families and other successful DBT programs for people with suicidality, borderline personality disorder and other problems with emotion regulation, victims of aggression and violence, and the free NEA-BPD Family Connections program for family members.

His research focuses on the connections between emotion dysregulation and interpersonal or family processes and the development and evaluation of interventions to help both individuals and relationships. He has authored more than 130 research and clinical papers and book chapters, two books, testified to Congressional committees, and has lectured and trained professionals and the public in more than two dozen countries on BPD, DBT, suicidality, stress and trauma, and DBT family interventions. He received his BA from Brown University and MS and PhD from the University of Washington in Seattle.

Andrea Gottlieb (she/her) is a clinical psychologist specializing in practicing and teaching DBT. She is currently the Clinical Director at The Bethesda Group (TBG) and a Trainer and Consultant with the Treatment Implementation Collaborative (TIC).

Working with new DBT clinicians is a passion for Andrea. She has experience training staff in inpatient, residential, partial, and outpatient levels of care in using DBT in non-traditional and adherent settings. She has presented on DBT numerous times, taught many students and staff DBT principles and skills, and published over a dozen articles on depression and self-harm in peer-reviewed journals. She also assisted in the creation and implementation of hospital-wide procedures for suicide assessment/management and care for LGBTQ+ individuals.

Andrea earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Denver, where she focused her studies on the development of depression and nonsuicidal self-injury in youth. She then completed her predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Andrea is a Certified DBT Clinician by the DBT Linehan Board of Certification, as is the Adolescent and Adult DBT program at TBG.

Wyneshia R. Hicks, LCSW-C, is a licensed clinical social worker in MD, DC, VA & NY with over 15 years of experience and the Owner & Director of Wise Roads to Healing, LLC. Wyneshia earned her BS in Dance and Psychology and MFA in Dance Performance & Choreography from SUNY Brockport before settling in Washington, DC where she eventually pursued her Masters in Social Work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She specializes in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and solution-focused, trauma-informed care. Initially trained by Pat Harvery, Wyneshia was intensively trained in DBT and DBT-PE by Shari Manning and Annie McCall through the Treatment Implementation Collaborative. Wyneshia demonstrates her dedication to disseminating and providing quality DBT services by sitting on two consultation teams, providing DBT-based supervision, training, and educational workshops. As a heart-centered clinician, Wyneshia supports adults, adolescents, families, and organizations navigating emotional regulation, burnout, parenting stress, and secondary trauma. Known for blending clinical expertise with compassion, humor, and creativity, she helps high-achieving professionals and helping systems build resilience, clarity, and sustainable well-being.  

Ashley Maliken, PhD, DBT-LBC (she/her) is licensed clinical psychologist with an expertise in providing evidence-based treatments to adolescents, young adults and their families. She serves as the Director of the Training Team and Teen and Family Team Lead for the Portland DBT Institute. She specializes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and has dedicated her career to the implementation and dissemination of evidence-based practice. Dr. Maliken earned her doctorate from the University of Washington where she learned DBT from Dr. Marsha Linehan.

Before joining the team at PDBTI, Dr. Maliken was Associate Professor and part of the DBT-LBC certified Multifamily DBT program in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Assistant Clinical Professor at UC Berkeley. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Maliken has worked as the Associate Training Director for the CAP Fellowship at UCSF and has extensive experience providing interdisciplinary teaching, training, consultation and supervision in DBT and CBT.

Josh Smith, MSW, LMSW, is a nationally recognized Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) clinician, trainer, and organizational leader with over 25 years of experience in DBT. He is Certified in DBT by the Linehan Board of Certifiers and serves as the Founder and CEO of the DBT Institute of Michigan.

Josh founded the DBT Institute of Michigan with a commitment to advancing high-fidelity, evidence-based DBT across multiple systems of care. Under his leadership, the organization has grown into the largest DBT provider in Michigan, delivering a comprehensive continuum of services including residential treatment, partial hospitalization programming (PHP), intensive outpatient programming (IOP), and outpatient care. His work emphasizes treatment integrity, clinical excellence, and sustainable program development.

A dedicated educator and consultant, Josh has presented in every state in the U.S. and has delivered more than 800 DBT trainings and lectures. He has consulted with numerous organizations nationwide and recently led a region-wide DBT implementation training initiative in Nebraska, supporting large-scale adoption of DBT while maintaining adherence to the treatment model. His professional efforts reflect a strong alignment with ISITDBT’s mission to promote effective dissemination, training, and implementation of DBT in service of improved access and outcomes for high-risk populations.

Alison Tebbett-Mock, PhD is a Lead Psychologist at Northwell, Zucker Hillside Hospital in Queens, NY. She is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. She is the DBT team leader for the acute-care adolescent psychiatric inpatient unit and engages in program development, consultation, the provision of psychotherapy for adolescent inpatients and their families, supervision of psychology trainees, teaching and mentoring of multidisciplinary team members, and research.

Her interests include dissemination and implementation of empirically based treatments for youth and their families particularly DBT, trauma specific cognitive behavioral therapies, and milieu interventions. Dr. Tebbett-Mock earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Child Clinical Psychology at St. John’s University, NY.

Tali Wigod, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™, with advanced training in cognitive-behavioral and behavioral parent interventions. She earned her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Long Island University–Post, an APA-accredited program, where her doctoral research focused on parent engagement in evidence-based behavioral treatments. Dr. Wigod is the Founder and Clinical Director of Middle Path Psychology, where she provides CBT and comprehensive DBT to children, adolescents, and adults. Previously, Dr. Wigod held multiple roles at Cognitive Behavioral Consultants, including Research Director, Supervising Psychologist, and School Consultant. In this role, she led program development and research initiatives, supervised trainees across levels of training, and provided consultation and training to schools implementing universal and comprehensive school-based DBT programs. She has extensive experience delivering DBT across settings, including outpatient clinics, hospital-based programs, schools, and training clinics, and works with clients presenting with emotion dysregulation, anxiety, mood disorders, trauma-related difficulties, and behavioral challenges. Dr. Wigod is actively involved in DBT training, consultation, and dissemination. She regularly provides workshops on DBT, CBT, and evidence-based interventions for children, adolescents, and families. She is a featured DBT expert in the DBT Foundational Training through Psychwire and has published on DBT, parent interventions, and treatment implementation. Dr. Wigod’s work is grounded in a commitment to high-quality, evidence-based care, rigorous adherence to the DBT model, and the belief that effective treatment should be both compassionate and accessible.