Dr. Swanson is a senior supervising Clinical Psychologist, DBT-Linehan Board of Certification Certified Clinician™ and the Clinical Director for the DBT Program at Clearwater. Since 2009, Dr. Swanson has specialized in DBT and trauma healing for adolescents, adults, and families.
Karen Erickson, LMFT, is a senior supervising therapist and Assistant Clinical Director for the DBT Program at Clearwater. Ms. Erickson was intensively trained in DBT in 2008. Prior to that, she specialized in trauma therapy, non directive play therapy, and attachment issues. Ms. Erickson works with children, teens, and adults, and provides parent coaching, with…
Hannah Sabet, MS, is a queer, multiethnic, multilingual and highly sensitive PhD student in the Humanistic Clinical Psychology program at Saybrook University. They have been training in DBT at Clearwater under the supervision of Dr. Erika Swanson since 2023. Hannah was pre-med during their undergrad at Sarah Lawrence College, and also studied Spanish Literature and…
Carly Spagnola, AMFT, is a registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist working under the supervision of Karen Erickson, LMFT. Carly is a graduate of the University of San Francisco where she received a masters in Counseling Psychology with a focus in marriage and family therapy. Carly is a gender-affirming clinician trained in DBT intensive therapy. She…
Zoe Ashton Witt, AMFT, is a registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist working under the supervision of Karen Erickson, LMFT. Zoe is a graduate of Touro University Worldwide where she received a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology. Zoe’s clinical training at Peace-it-Together Mental Health Services in Santa Clara County involved working with individuals, children…
Patricia Porter, MA, is a trainee at Clearwater working under the supervision of Dr. Erika Swanson. She is a fourth-year PhD student in UC Berkeley’s Clinical Science Program and received her bachelor’s degree from Carleton College. Her research explores developmental pathways leading to self-harmful behaviors and ways to improve interventions for youth with learning differences,…
Catherine Shaddix, PsyD, is a licensed Clinical Psychologist providing individual DBT therapy for children, adolescents, and adults at Clearwater since 2016. In addition, Dr. Shaddix has extensive clinical training in early intervention with mothers and children (pre-natal period to 3 years of age), with children ages 6-11, and contemplative practice in the Buddhist and yogic…