New York, NY (United States)

André Ivanoff, PhDAndré Ivanoff, Ph.D., is Professor at Columbia University in the City of New York where she directs the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Training Program & Lab and teaches Advanced Clinical Practice in the School of Social Work. Since 2011 shehas served as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the nonprofit Linehan Institute, now known as Behavioral Tech Institute. TheInstitute’s mission is the dissemination and implementation of DBT.  She also serves as the President of Behavioral Tech, the training company founded by Marsha Linehan.  She also serves on the Board of the DBT- Linehan Board of Certification. She is former Chair of the Columbia University Social & Behavioral Sciences Institutional Review Board. Her research and clinical interests include the international implementation of DBT in new geographies & cultures, the training of DBT in academic and post-graduate settings across mental health disciplines, and the application of DBT to the problems of those involved in the criminal justice system. She has authored over90 publications on suicidal behaviors, DBT, and behavior change methods, and trains internationally and nationally with outpatient, inpatient, residential and correctional/forensic systems implementing DBT.