André Ivanoff, PhD *

André Ivanoff, Ph.D., is a recently retired Professor at Columbia University in the City of New York where she directed the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Training Program & Lab and taught in the School of Social Work. Since 2011 she has served as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the nonprofit Linehan Institute, now known as Behavioral Tech Institute. The Institute’s mission is the dissemination and implementation of DBT via training mental health professionals.  She is also the President of Behavioral Tech, the training company founded by Marsha Linehan. Additionally, she serves on the Boards of the DBT- Linehan Board of Certification and the World DBT Association (WDBT-A).

Her specific regional affiliates include Israel and the Middle East North Africa (MENA) countries
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 over 90 publications on suicidal behaviors, DBT, and behavior change methods, and trains internationally and nationally with outpatient, inpatient, and correctional/forensic systems implementing DBT.

She and her husband Philip Kahn reside in New York City where their two sons also live.