Meet Your Trainers.
We are a team of licensed therapists passionate about teaching dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to clients and those who treat them. We are dedicated to helping professionals adapt this transformative model to contemporary practice, across a variety of clinical settings.
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SOCAL DBT, THERAPIST
Suzanne Wallach, LMFT, PsyD
Dr. Suzanne Wallach is a licensed marriage and family therapist who has using DBT in her practice for over 8 years. She founded a high fidelity DBT program, SoCal DBT, in 2016, and currently serves as the Executive Director.
SOCAL DBT CLINICAL DIRECTOR, THERAPIST
Daniele Lewin, MA, LMFT
Daniele Lewin is a licensed marriage and family therapist who has provided DBT to clients age 6 through adulthood since 2019. She collaborated with Dr. Wallach to develop School of DBT, as well as the Child & Adolescent Track and DBT for Loved Ones Program at SoCal DBT.