Caitlin Burnham is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California and Oregon. She studied Psychology and Religion as an undergraduate at UC San Diego, and completed her Master’s in Social Work at Columbia University. She has received intensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) through Behavioral Tech and as part of Columbia’s DBT Training Program and Lab. She completed clinical internships at NYU Child Study Center in New York City and Clearwater Clinic in Oakland, practicing DBT and CBT with adults, adolescents, and their families. Caitlin has been a member of Pacific DBT Collaborative’s consultation team since 2020.

In addition to DBT, Caitlin is trained in Exposure Therapy including Prolonged Exposure (PE) for PTSD and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Caitlin also practices gender affirmative care and is a member of Mind the Gap, a mental health consortium group affiliated with the UCSF Gender Clinic. In addition to her clinical training, Caitlin’s work is also deeply informed by her Zen training. She has been a Zen practitioner since 2008, and spent four years in formal residential training holding various leadership positions at San Francisco Zen Center’s City Center and Tassajara Zen Mountain Center.