Andrea Gottlieb (she/her) earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Denver, where she focused her studies on the development of depression and nonsuicidal self-injury. She is a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician (TM).

Andrea completed her predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She then joined Sheppard Pratt, where she started and directed the Comprehensive Outpatient DBT Program. She additionally served as co-founder of the Sheppard Pratt LGBTQ+ Inclusivity Committee. Andrea works with adults, adolescents, and their families; she has experience working with gender non-conforming individuals and people who have experienced trauma, with specific training in the DBT-Prolonged Exposure protocol.

Andrea’s approach to psychotherapy is rooted in understanding and accepting oneself fully and at the same time working toward building a life that includes the people, places, and things that are meaningful to each person. She recognizes that therapy can be quite hard at times. Andrea uses her genuine self, at times quirky and at times serious, to build a relationship in order to work collaboratively with her clients on difficult topics and strong emotions.

Andrea has presented on DBT numerous times, taught many students and staff DBT principles and skills, published over a dozen articles on depression and self-harm in peer reviewed journals, and consults about DBT locally and nationally with the Treatment Implementation Collaborative.