Shireen Rizvi is a licensed clinical psychologist, board certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). She obtained her BA from Wesleyan University and her MS and PhD from the University of Washington. At the University of Washington, her mentor was Dr. Marsha Linehan, the developer of DBT. Over the past 25 years, Shireen has conducted research and training in DBT.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director of Fellowship, Advanced Fellowship in Mental Illness Research and Treatment at MIRECC
Suzanne Decker, PhD is a psychologist at VA Connecticut Healthcare System and the New England Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. Her clinical and research interests include implementation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and other skills based treatments for high risk behavior like suicide and substance use. Dr. Decker has been involved in the Yale-National Education Alliance for Borderline PD conference since her predoctoral fellowship at Yale School of Medicine in 2010.
Clinical Psychologist
Andrea DePetris, Ph.D. completed her doctorate at the University of Connecticut, her predoctoral internship at the Veteran Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System (Newington), and postdoctoral work at Columbia University. Dr. DePetris has engaged in research at the Cambridge Health Alliance Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research, as well as at the University of Connecticut. Her research focuses on mental health disparities, the impact of experiencing racial discrimination, and multiracial/ethnic identity formation. Dr. DePetris has represented the state of Connecticut to the American Psychological Association as the state’s Diversity Delegate in 2016 and 2017. She has been honored by the Connecticut Psychological Association and previously worked as the Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Yale Health, Mental Health & Counseling.
Dr. DePetris appreciates that our mental health is informed by our physical health, our emotions, spiritual needs, and social and environmental contexts. Her training in clinical health psychology, Kripalu yoga, and integrative nutrition inform her holistic approach to care. She enjoys tailoring her approach to an individual’s unique constitution and socially-embedded experiences. Dr. DePetris is especially attuned to the multidimensionality of individuals and their layers of identity — including the identities that are socially-imposed and those that are self-affirmed.
Dr. Jesse Finkelstein, PsyD, is a Clinical Psychologist and DBT therapist. Jesse received his PsyD at the Rutgers University Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology. He is currently an Instructor in Clinical Psychology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. His research interests include DBT and the dissemination of therapeutic interventions. Jesse is also the co-founder of TheraHive - therahive.com - an online platform for evidence-based mental health skills courses.
Dr. Kiki Fehling is a licensed psychologist, writer, speaker, and expert in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Passionate about evidence-based mental health dissemination, she regularly shares information about DBT through her social media accounts @dbtkiki, as well as through her writing for Psychology Today and other outlets. She has authored two DBT self-help books, with more on the way, and she consults for the suicide prevention nonprofit Now Matters Now.