Kathryn Patrick Butts, LCSW,DBT-LBC received her MSW at the University of Wisconsin and has dedicated her clinical career to learning, practicing, and teaching Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

She was trained by and received direct clinical supervision from DBT expert, Dr. Linda Dimeff, while working as a clinician, then trainer and clinic manager at the Portland DBT Institute in Portland, OR. Since 2010 she has been training, consulting, and supervising clinicians in the practice of DBT, as well as other evidence-based practices. She has served as a clinical supervisor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington where she has supervised graduate students completing a DBT practicum at treatment developer Dr. Marsha Linehan’s lab (the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics). She has also assisted DBT expert Dr. Kelly Koerner with online therapist training and continuing education courses through the PracticeGround and the Evidence-Based Practice Institute.

Since moving back to her home state of Colorado in 2015, Kathryn has run a private clinical and consultation practice, leads a DBT consultation team, and teaches as an adjunct instructor at the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work. Kathryn is certified as a clinician by the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification.