About Houston Dialectical Behavior Therapies Center

I’m Dr. Karyn Hall and I live in Houston, Texas with my family and two Bolognese dogs named Atlas and Plato. My passion is helping people create the lives they want to live and share.

I’m the director of the DBT Center, the first Linehan Board of Certification certified therapist in Texas, a certified RO DBT supervisor and trainer (the second certified supervisor in the United States), a psychologist, a DBT trainer, and an author. My books include SAVVY: Communication Skills for Family and Friends of Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder; The Emotionally Sensitive Person: Finding Peace When Your Emotions Overwhelm You; and Mindfulness Exercises for DBT Therapists.  I’m the co-author of The Power of Validation. I have a podcast on iTunes (The Emotionally Sensitive Person) and I blog for Psychology Today (Pieces of Mind)  and PsychCentral (The Emotionally Sensitive Person).

Stacy Fromberg, LPC
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Supportive Psychotherapy

Jennifer Edwards, LCSW
DBT Team Leader
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Kelly Guynes, LCSW
Clinical Director
LCSW Supervisor
DBT-Linehan Board of Certification,
Certified Clinician
Radically Open DBT

Lindsey Overstreet, PsyD
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Trauma Specialist, DBT-PE Advanced

Kristin Balloon, LPC
Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Emily Trof, LMSW
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Radically Open DBT

The DBT Center team is a group of highly trained and caring professionals who are dedicated to excellence. Our team is ready to help you build the life you want to live and share and teach you the skills to decrease your loneliness and your suffering, and to cope more effectively with difficult emotions and situations. All our therapists are fully trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy and also offer other evidenced-based treatments such as Radically Open DBT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Children (DBT_C), Cognitive Behavior Therapy, trauma treatments, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. We offer services to all ages 5 and above.

Our programs include intensive outpatient programs for adults, intensive outpatient programs for adolescents, and weekly skills groups with individual sessions. We offer family sessions and a family skills group as well.