Rikki Bobchin, MSW, LCSW

Director- Rikki Bobchin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of New Jersey and earned an MSW from Rutgers University in 1996. Rikki specializes in providing evidence-based treatment and has been successfully treating clients using a DBT approach since 1999. She established a comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy program to provide all treatment modes to their full capacity. As the founder of the DBT Center of NJ and the Team Leader, she has trained, supervised, and mentored her team. She provides training and consultation to DBT programs and community therapists in NJ and has organized a NJ Team Leader Meeting. Currently she is collaborating with several hospital programs in training staff in evidence-based treatments to establish a standard of care in NJ. Rikki is the first private practitioner to fund and support a Family Connections Group that trains families, to help other families, at no cost. Rikki was the guest speaker on a Nationally Syndicated Blog Talk Radio Show-Your Mental Health, and has consulted with the documentary film director for the Re-Think BPD project. Throughout her professional journey she is most recognized for her passion to provide evidenced-based treatment, dedication to the population she serves, and her genuineness.  

Rikki’s areas of clinical focus include treating complex trauma, borderline personality disorder, anxiety and mood disorders, substance abuse, disordered eating, and in providing parent education. Rikki is a seasoned skills trainer who has structured and maintained multiple skills training groups a week for the past 11 years, including adult, young adult, adolescent, parent, and disordered eating.

Rikki’s extensive training includes completing the 5-day Advanced Intensive Training Course, and New Emotion Regulation Skills with the treatment developer Marsha Linehan, Ph.D., 10-day Intensive Training Course in DBT, Individual Psychotherapy and Skills Training in DBT, Treating the Multiply Disordered Suicidal Client, Treating Eating Disorders in DBT, DBT with Multi-Problem Adolescents, Skills Training Course, DBT Chain Analysis Training and DBT Validation Principles and Strategies. In addition she has completed Intensive Training in Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), at the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, University of Pennsylvania, is level II trained in Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), has advanced training from the New Jersey Child Sexual Abuse Training Institute--Case Consultation Project, received new specialized training in Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics/Habit Reversal Training (CBIT/HRT), is a NASW Board Approved Clinical Supervisor and a Field Supervisor for Rutgers University MSW graduate students.

Rikki is a member of the National Association of Social Worker (NASW), The Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association , Evidence-Based Practice learning Community, and Treatment and Research Advancements Nation Association of Personality Disorders (TARA).

Rikki’s background experience includes providing inpatient substance abuse treatment to adults and adolescents, outpatient community mental health services for children, adolescents and adults, working in child protective services, providing mental health services for the Department of Corrections, and adapting DBT skills training groups in a correctional facility where she developed mental health treatment for the first Juvenile Female Correctional Facility in NJ for the Juvenile Justice Commission.

JENNIFER CELLI, MA, LPC, RPT

Child Psychotherapist - Jennifer Celli is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Registered Play Therapist with over ten years of clinical experience working with children, adolescents, and their families.  She completed her graduate training at Monmouth University with a concentration in Child psychotherapy and play therapy.  Jennifer specializes in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and as a clinician within a full comprehensive DBT program at DBT Center of NJ, she provides evidence-based treatment to suicidal and self-injurious children, adolescents, and young adults.     

Jennifer's extensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy through Behavioral Technologies includes the 5-day Foundational Training, for clinicians who are already part of an intensively trained DBT Team, DBT with Multi-Problem Adolescents; DBT Validation Principles and Strategies; DBT Chain Analysis Training. Other trainings include: Sensation to Emotion Training; Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy with Children and Adolescents; Anxiety disorders in Children and Adolescents; Explosive, Noncompliant, Disruptive and Aggressive Kids; Play and Sand Tray Therapy.  In addition, Jennifer has been intensively trained in Animal Assisted Therapy incorporating her love for nature and animals into her therapeutic style. This method is used to reach clients as the animal helps to bring a loving and non-judgmental presence breaking down barriers that isolates clients whom experience physical and emotional difficulties.

Jennifer has provided clinical treatment in a variety of settings.  She worked with sexual abuse survivors in a residential treatment facility providing psychotherapy, psycho-education for clients and support staff, as well as implementing play and sand tray therapy into their treatment plan.  During this experience, Jennifer developed and implemented group therapy to promote effective coping strategies for this client population.  Jennifer was the primary clinician for an Adolescent Partial Hospital Program in an outpatient setting offering individual and group therapy, psycho education, as well as Multi-Family support services for those enrolled in the program.  In addition to providing therapeutic services she collaborated with ancillary treatment providers such as school personnel, individual and family counselors, as well as advocating for insurance providers to support treatment.  Jennifer has been a clinician at a non-traditional private school for academically and emotionally impaired youth which includes grades 6 through 12.

Jennifer is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), Treatment and Research Advancements Nation Association of Personality Disorders (TARA), Association for Play Therapy (APT), American Counseling Association (ACA), and Chi-Sigma Iota (Monmouth University Chapter) for scholastic and professional excellence.

Jennifer provides services which include: individual therapy, DBT skills training groups, play and sand tray therapy, as well as parental consultation.   
 

KIMBERLY MCLAUGHLIN, MS, LPC

Psychotherapist- Kimberly McLaughlin is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 15 years of professional experience working with adults, adolescents, and their families in the field of mental health. Kimberly uses both a (CBT) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and a (DBT) Dialectical Behavior Therapy approach to treatment while her compassionate style enhances the therapeutic relationship and facilitates growth and well being.

Kimberly ‘s area’s of clinical expertise include: treatment for depression, bipolar disorder, addiction, trauma, and anxiety disorders, using an (ERP) Exposure and Response Prevention Manualized Treatment Protocol for the Treatment of (OCD) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.  Kimberly also has experience utilizing the Seeking Safety curriculum that has been supported by research as an effective approach for the treatment of individuals who struggle with both trauma and substance abuse.

Her extensive training in evidence-based treatment includes: DBT through Behavioral Technologies, Advanced Topics in DBT: Individual and Group Skills, and Validation Principles and Strategies.  Albert Ellis Institute Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy for Children and Adolescents (REBT), Managing Addictions, Using Metaphors and Imagery in Therapy, Evidenced Based Treatment for Anxiety, and Evidenced Based Treatment for Depression.  Other trainings include:  Treating Addictions: Advanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), CBT in the treatment of Acute and (PTSD) Post Traumatic Stress Disorders,  Family Therapy for Addictions Counselors, Motivational Interviewing, and Treating Co-morbid Anxiety and Depression.

In addition to her work at the DBT Center of NJ, Kimberly is a Senior Primary Therapist in the Dual Diagnosis Partial Hospital and Intensive Outpatient Programs at Princeton House.  In the Dual Diagnosis Program, Kimberly conducts individual and group psychotherapy with men and women who are struggling with both a mental health and substance use disorder.

Kimberly earned her BA in Psychology from The College of New Jersey, and she holds an MS degree in Psychological Counseling from Monmouth University with a concentration in Substance Abuse.  Kimberly graduated with distinction, earning membership in Chi Sigma Iota, an international academic and professional honor society for counseling students.  Kimberly is currently completing her final course work to obtain licensure as a Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LCADC). 

Beth FIER, MA, LPC, NCC  

Intellectual Disability Specialist - Beth Fie r is a licensed professional counselor and director of The ID DBT Program of Central Jersey, an intensive program for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.  She has been working in community mental health since 1995 and currently provides counseling to adults and families, many of whom are affected by intellectual disabilities (ID). She has completed the 5-day Foundational Course, DBT Skills Training Course and Skills Training in DBT: The Essentials. As a private practitioner, consultant and founder of SEED Services, she provides clinical consultation to provider organizations funded by the Division of Developmental Disabilities and to behavioral healthcare organizations interested in creating or refining cultural competence initiatives. The SEED mission is to provide a continuum of quality services that encourage individuals, organizations and the community at large to realize and achieve their fullest potential.  , For more information please visit www.seedcounseling.com . Beth is proudly the recipient of the NJ Counseling Association Tabler Award for Distinguished Services, 2009.

Psychotherapist- Adria Trapani is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor in the State of New Jersey. She completed a BA in Psychology from The College of New Jersey, and her graduate training in Applied Clinical Psychology from William Paterson University. Other formal training includes: the 5-day Foundational Course in DBT, DBT:Treating Substance Abuse Disorders, DBT Skills Training Course, DBT with Multi-Problem Adolescents,  Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) for Children and Adolescents from the Albert Ellis Institute, Motivational Interviewing (MI), and is level I trained in Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). In addition to formal training as a substance abuse specialist, Adria has a broad range of experience including treatment program development and implementation, individual, family, and group therapy and biopsychosocial assessments with both adults and adolescents.

Adria is currently applying a DBT approach in treatment for substance abuse and addiction, borderline personality disorder, and anxiety, mood and thought disorders. Adria offers to her clients a respectful and compassionate style that facilitates the bond and collaborative relationship needed to foster growth and change. She provides families a balance of parental support and guidance with empathy for the conflicts inherent in adolescence. Adria embraces the DBT model of treatment, as it is consistent with her natural flow of sitting still balanced with her directive style that has enabled her to be successful in treatment with individuals that have difficulty maintaining a healthy and rewarding life.