Faculty
Behavioral Tech Institute prides itself in providing the highest quality training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy available. We can only offer this to you by providing the most experienced and trainers & consultants in the field of DBT. We honor each one of these individuals for their efforts and dedication to DBT and other empirically-based treatments.
Brazil
Vinícius Guimarães Dornelles is a psychologist (PUCRS), the first internationally recognized native Portuguese-speaking Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Trainer in the world, recognized by Behavioral Tech (USA). He holds a Master’s degree in Psychology (PUCRS), with a concentration in Human Cognition, and completed Intensive Training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy through The Linehan Institute and Behavioral Tech (USA). He received training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy from the University of Luján (Argentina) and training in Evidence-Based Treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder from Fundación Foro (Argentina). He is a specialist in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies, Managing Partner of DBT Brasil, Local Coordinator of the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Intensive Training Program in Brazil, and Treasurer of the World DBT Association (WDBTA).
