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.

San Diego

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Dr. Leslie Karwoski Anderson is a clinical associate professor and training director at the UCSD Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research. She has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Kansas and completed her clinical internship at Duke University Medical Center. She previously held a clinical faculty appointment at the University of Washington, was a supervisor in Marsha Linehan’s DBT training clinic, and has worked as a psychologist at the DBT Center of Seattle and the DBT Center of San Diego.

Her research interests are in treatment development, evaluation, and outcomes, especially with regards to evidence-based treatments for eating disorders. She has published many journal articles and two books in this area (Clinical Handbook for Complex and Atypical Eating Disorders; Innovations in Family Therapy for Eating Disorders). She is the co-Editor in Chief for Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention and has held various leadership positions in the Academy of Eating Disorders.