Carolyn Goldman, MSW, LCSW Co-founder
Carolyn received her Masters in Social Work from Columbia University, where she gained passion for DBT. She trained at the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) training lab in a year-long intensive under the supervision and direction of Andre Ivanoff. During her time in the DBT program Carolyn was trained through Behavioral Tech and participated in a year-long DBT seminar and consultation team to learn and practice the principles of DBT. In 2013-2014, Carolyn worked to implement DBT in the women’s facility of Riker’s Island, and Carolyn has been practicing adherent DBT in a private practice setting since 2015. Carolyn has continued her training and education with an advanced DBT intensive with Charlie Swenson, M.D. and Kelly Koerner, PhD, DBT-Prolonged Exposure (DBT-PE) with Melanie Harned, PhD and Lorie Ritschel PhD, Targeting Shame in Treatment with DBT and CFT with Shireen Rizvi PhD and Dennis Tirch PhD, Working with Emotion Dysregulation in Families: DBT with Parents, Couples, and Families with Alan Fruzzetti, PhD, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Immersion training with Steven Hayes PhD. Carolyn attends trainings as often as possible to keep up with the current research in order to provide the most adherent and thoughtful care to her patients.
When not in the office, Carolyn can be found walking her Samoyed, riding her peloton, and building mastery with her culinary skills.
NJ Licensed Clinical Social Worker #44SC05789400
NY Licensed Clinical Social Worker #097445
South Caroline Telehealth Registered Provider #606
Liz Johnson, MSW, LCSW Co-founder
Liz received her Masters in Clinical Social Work from Boston College in 2013. During this time, she completed a nine-month internship at a comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program at Massachusetts Mental Health Center in Boston. During this internship, Liz also developed and ran a CBT-E group for individuals with eating disorders. After graduation, Liz worked in a mental health clinic in Boston, where she developed and implemented a DBT program. Liz has been working in private practice since 2015, and has been providing Comprehensive DBT services and CBT ever since. In addition to her DBT expertise, Liz’s main clinical specialties are treating trauma and PTSD, OCD, eating disorders, anxiety, personality disorders, and depression. Liz’s Behavioral Tech DBT training was taught by Adam Payne, PhD, and Francheska Perepletchikova, PhD. Liz has also been intensively trained in DBT-Prolonged Exposure (DBT-PE) for trauma/PTSD with Melanie Harned, Ph.D, the treatment developer, and has also completed the UPenn Intensive training in Exposure and Response Prevention for OCD.
Additionally, Liz has engaged in other advanced trainings such as Targeting Shame in Treatment with DBT and Compassion Focused Treatment with Shireen Rizvi PhD and Dennis Tirch PhD, Working with Emotion Dysregulation in Families: DBT with Parents, Couples, and Families with Alan Fruzzetti, PhD, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy training with Steven Hayes PhD. She has completed numerous other workshops, courses, and individual supervision in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Metacognitive Therapy, and DBT.
Liz has also completed training with Alan Fruzzetti, PhD and Aditi Vijay, PhD for providing DBT supervision and consultation for DBT therapists, and loves working with clinicians seeking consultation and supervision in providing comprehensive DBT!
Liz is a lifelong Equestrian, and is developing an Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy DBT/Trauma program for BTC, which will be launching in 2024. Liz is currently enrolled in a post-graduate program at the University of Denver for Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy for licensed mental health professionals.
In Liz’s free time, she loves running, traveling, hiking up mountains or snowboarding down them, building mastery horseback riding and hanging out with her main mare Cori, and spending time with her family and her dog Peach.
Liz is licensed to practice in New Jersey, New York, and is additionally registered as a behavioral Telehealth provider in Florida and South Carolina.
NJ Licensed Clinical Social Worker: #44SC05809500
NY Licensed Clinical Social Worker: #096537
FL Telehealth Registration Number: TPSW2024
SC Telehealth Registration Number: #539 https://llr.sc.gov/Telehealth/socialwork.html
Melanie Rista, MSW, LCSW, Senior Clinician
Melanie is a graduate of Columbia University’s School of Social Work where she was extensively trained in the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Training Program and Lab under the supervision of Andre Ivanoff, PhD. Melanie's previous experience includes providing comprehensive DBT to adolescents and adults. Melanie is drawn to DBT for its emphasis on the balance of acceptance and change. Melanie has also completed an 18 hour training in CBT for Personality Disorders through the Beck Institute, and DBT for the Treatment of Eating Disorders with Lucene Wisnewski, PhD, and Amy Kalasunas, and Working with Emotion Dysregulation in Families: DBT with Parents, Couples, and Families with Alan Fruzzetti, PhD.
In Melanie's free time, she enjoys hiking, baking, and spending time with family and friends.
NJ Licensed Clinical Social Worker #44SL06580700
NY License: #114251
OH License: #I2304854
SC Telehealth Registered Provider: #516 https://llr.sc.gov/Telehealth/socialwork.html