Amanda Gutierrez is a Linehan Board Certified DBT psychologist. She is currently the senior psychologist, training director, and director of adult services at the DBT Center of San Diego.  She received an intensive year-long training in DBT and CBT, followed by another year as a research assistant at Harbor UCLA Medical Center. She attended an APA accredited internship at Hutchings Psychiatric Center in Syracuse, New York and completed her postdoctoral fellowship in the COG/DBT IOP at Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital. Dr. Gutierrez has also received intensive training in evidence-based treatments for emotion dysregulation disorders, self-injury, addictive behaviors, contingency management, and post-traumatic stress disorder. She has experience treating children, adolescents, adults, seniors, and their families. Dr. Gutierrez formerly served as the San Diego chapter president on the board of directors for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Dr. Gutierrez offers professional talks around the San Diego area, is an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego in their Masters in Clinical Counseling program, and is a consultant and trainer for The Treatment and Implementation Collaboration (TIC).

Amanda is a Certified DBT Clinician by the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification.

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