Our VISION is to provide competent and effective therapy for individuals suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder and other Emotion Dysregulation Disorders by effectively utilizing Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Carol Hartford, LMSW, ACSW, CAAC
Carol Hartford is intensively trained in DBT therapy by Marsha Linehan's training group; Behavioral Technology LLC. She is also a DBT and Co-Occurring therapist with Washtenaw County Community Support & Treatment Services (CSTS). She received her BSW in 1993 and MSW in 2000 concentrating in Mental Health/Chemical Dependency from Eastern Michigan University. She was instrumental in establishing a DBT-S(substance use) program at CSTS as well as Foote Hospital in Jackson, Michigan. Her previous clinical training involves work at Brighton Hospital, Chelsea Arbor Treatment Center and GreenBrooke Recovery Center at Saline Hospital. She was also a presenter at the American Psychiatric Association's Institute of Psychiatric Services in 2003 and 2005. She is a member of the National Association of Social Workers and has an ACSW credential.. She is a licensed Certified Advanced Addictions Counselor from the Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals. She has also completed an initiative sponsored by the State of Michigan in Motivational Interviewing and is a designated Motivational Interviewing Trainer.
Brenda Scotton LMSW
Brenda Scotton received her undergaduate training and BSW from Eastern Michigan University in 1994, interning at the Sexual Assault Crisis Center, and earned her MSW from University of Michigan School of Social Work in 2002, with an interpersonal practice and mental health concentration. Her graduate internship took place at the University of Michigan Psychological Clinic, where she trained intensively in psychodynamic psychotherapy, brief intensive psychodynamic therapy, and she established a private psychotherapy practice in 2003, where she treats adults, adolescents, children, and couples. She has a wide background of clinical training and experience in treating individuals with substance abuse issues, (Dawn Farm residential treatment facility), survivors of sexual and physical assault/abuse, mood and anxiety disorders, as well as eating disorders and sexual identity issues. Brenda has worked in the Psychiatric Emergency Services at U of M hospital for a number of years, and currently works as a therapist on the DBT Team at Community Support and Treatment Services, and has broadened the scope of her practice, training in DBT, and recently joined the Ann Arbor DBT Center practice.
Thomas Snelling LLMSW
Thomas Snelling is a therapist in private practice in Ann arbor, Michigan where he also works with Washtenaw County's Juvenle Courts. He earned his MSW with a concentration in Mental Health/ Chemcial Dependency in 2000 from Eastern Michgian University. Thomas completed internships with Washtenaw County Communty Mental Health's DBT program and provided Solution-Focused Therapy for individuals, couples and families thorugh Arbor Heights. Thomas hsa been specifically trained by Behavioral Tech.LLC in the application of DBT to both adolescents and adults. His previouse clinical experenice includes work with youth and their families, as well as with vulnerable populations.
