Pat has provided consultation to programs and organizations in using DBT and social work
principles in:
  • Residential programs;
  • Positive behavior systems – point and level systems – within programs
  • Supportive Housing programs and Rehab programs
  • The larger mental health system, collateral and cooperative work with other organizations and systems
  • Residential staff training and staff development DBT and acceptance approaches to working with clients
  • The Development of one of the first adolescent programs designed and implemented entirely around the DBT
    therapeutic framework. This program, The Grove Street Adolescent Residence, won an APA Gold Award for
    Community Services in 2004.



Pat has provided clinical – behavioral consultation to the  clinical and residential programs at St. Luke's Home, Inc.,
Adventist Behavioral Health, Inc In-patient Units and to the ARC (Association of Retarded Citizens) of Howard
County. Pat was the Public Policy Consultant to NAMI Maryland providing advocacy and testimony on behalf of
children, adolescents and adults who have mental illness.
Clinical Consulting
to Programs and Organizations