About Melinda Carlisle Brackett,, M.A
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
| Melinda is President of Silicon Valley Executive Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, a Professional Corporation www.siliconvalleyexecutivecounseling.com. Her counseling practice is diverse and and she has a vision of quality care for her clients based on the sound, clinically-proven principals of evidence-based treatments including Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She is committed to staying current on the latest research and particpating in regular training in her field. Melinda Believes that Dialectical Behavior Therapy has tremendous potential to help a variety of mental health difficulties, and she is committed to maintaining the program’s integrity as it was designed by DBT founder Marsha Linehan, Ph.D., and to facilitating an ongoing dialogue about its application in new and different ways. | |
| Melinda's Background and Training: Melinda Carlisle Brackett, M.A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, MFC43877 Intensively Trained DBT Therapist and Skills Trainer Melinda has received advanced level intensive training, currently the highest level of training offered as a DBT Therapist and Skills Trainer, from Behavioral Tech, LLC www.behavioraltech.com. She leads an intensively trained consultation team in order to provide clinically adherent Dialectical Behavior Therapy in her full-time private practice in San Jose, CA. She is experienced in working with a variety of Emotion Regulation Disorders and has extensive experience working with Personality Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Chronic Major Depression, and Anxiety and Panic Disorders. Melinda also specializes in working with "high conflict couples" with co-occurring mood disorders, and helping family members, adult children and spouses of individuals with chronic emotional disorders learn skills to deal with challenging behaviors . |