Kristin Dempsey
Highest Degree Held: Ed.D.
Specialties: Addiction, co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions, psychosis, trauma, eating disorders, "borderline" personality disorder
Types of Clients: Children, Adolescents, Adults, Families, Couples, Groups (group therapy), Organizations
Languages spoken: English
Licensures/Certifications: LMFT; LPCC
ACT/CBS Background and Training: Workshops, conferences and reading/viewing.
Completed weekend RFT course in Reno and presented at AATBS World Conference in Reno
Completed weekend RFT course in Reno and presented at AATBS World Conference in Reno
ACT/CBS Experience: Individual and group applications of ACT
Additional Information: I use Motivational Interviewing and DBT as well as ACT in my work. I use an ACT formulation to understand a case and most often use an ACT orientation. Motivational Interviewing is helpful to engage individuals in treatment, and then I move into using ACT.