Karyn Hall, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist who trained at theUniversity of Virginia and Case Western Reserve Medical School. She earned a Masters in Clinical Psychopharmacology from Alliant University/California School of Professional

Psychology in cooperation with Texas A & M University. Her specialty areas include borderline personality disorder, severe/chronic mood disorders, including post traumatic stress disorder, and eating disorders.

She has completed intensive training and advanced training in dialectical behavior therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, and is versed in other mindfulness-based therapies including mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness based cognitive therapy. She is a Level II certified EMDR clinician and also trained in exposure therapy. She is the founder of the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Center in Houston where she works with international and national clients.

Suzanne W. Robinson, LCSW,ACSW

Suzanne W. Robinson, LCSW,ACSW received her masters degree in Social Work from Tulane University in 1975.She then did a residency in Child Psychiatry at Tulane University Medical School. In New Orleans she worked with LSU Medical School, Department of Neurology, with an infant development program and in 1978 she became coordinator of adolescent and children's services with a community mental health center. Since moving to Houston in 1981, Suzanne Robinson, LCSW, ACSW worked with inpatient Adolescent psychiatric programs, most recently with the Menninger Clinic. She has been in private practice as a psychotherapist since 1983 and has specialized in working in the area of relationship and mood disorders in children adolescents, and adults.

Meggan Watson, LCSW

Meggan Watson is a licensed clinical social worker who completed her master's degree from the University of Texas at Austin's School of Social Work. Bilingual in English and Spanish, Meggan has experience providing therapy to people from a variety of cultures.

Meggan worked and trained in California with children, adolescents and their families and earned a special certification in play therapy from the University of California San Diego. While in California, she trained and worked for three years with people with autism spectrum disorders. While working with families, Meggan gained understanding of the effects of abuse, neglect, trauma and the impact of biology and environment on development.

Meggan has training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy through Behavioral Tech and has regular consultation with the president of B-Tech. Her training in DBT allows her to effectively treat people with mood, personality, eating and adjustment disorders. In 2005, Meggan and her family returned to her native Houston to continue practice there. Meggan's website is at megganwatson.com. If you are a client in her private practice you may download her new client forms there.

Joe Pentony, LPC

Joe Pentony is a Licensed Professional Counselor who specializes in mindfulness based therapies such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy. He works primarily with men and young adults struggling with issues of borderline personality, mood symptoms (anxiety, depression, anger problems), and psychotic symptoms (delusions, hallucinations).

Joe received his Masters in Counseling from The Houston Graduate School of Theology in 2007 where he learned the role of healthy, balanced spirituality in mental wellness. During his last year studying for his Masters he volunteered at American Hospice where he used his knowledge of scripture and spirituality to help those facing death and dying. He then began working at MHMRA and Westbury Community Hospital with a population of patients with severe schizophrenia, bipolar, high suicidality and hospitalization rates.

Joe received intensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy in 2009 and was pleased to put his interest in mindfulness based therapies to use at the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Center in Houston where he leads skills groups and has his private practice. Joe's website is at http://www.pentonylpc.com. If you are seeing Joe in his private practice you can download his new client forms at that site.

Bev, a licensed social worker, pursued a second career and completed her graduate work at the University of Houston in clinical practice. Bev brings a maturity of experience to her clinical interest in helping clients develop new ways of thinking, feeling and relating to others. She interned at the Menninger Clinic and has training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy through Behavioral Tech. This training assists her in the effective treatment of individuals with mood, personality and adjustment disorders.

Angela L. Tallo is a Texas Licensed Professional Counselor, Board Approved Supervisor. Angela earned her Master's Degree in Counseling with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2007. Her graduate coursework included research into Borderline Personality Disorder and the application of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in treating this disorder.
Angela began working with adolescents in a juvenile detention setting during her graduate studies and developed her passion for working with the adolescent population. Angela relocated to Texas in 2007 and began working with young women in a residential setting. These young women presented with co-occurring disorders and led Angela to further explore Dialectical Behavior Therapy as a treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder.

Angela's career shifted and she returned to working with adolescents in a residential setting. She then became intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy through Behavioral-Tech and assisted in the implementation of a DBT Residential Program for adolescents. Over the past several years, Angela has practiced therapy in multiple settings. She has provided treatment for clients with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders; mental health diagnosis included mood disorders, behavior disorders, ADD / ADHD, post traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders and personality disorders. She has provided individual DBT therapy and has facilitated DBT skills groups, DBT for substance abusers and DBT in Multifamily Group Therapy.

You may contact Angela through the DBT Center or her website, www.angelatallolpcs.com