FORTIFIED U DBT
live your best life
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ABOUT ME
SYRENE LAWAL, MSW, LICSW
Syrene received her Bachelor’s of Arts in Communication with an Emphasis in Public Relations from Brigham Young University and her Master’s in Social Work from Boston University. She has experience as a therapist using Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy across several levels of care. Her clinical training includes an intensive DBT foundational, DBT as applied to the treatment of couples and families, Cognitive Behavior Therapy theory and practice, Motivational Interviewing, and treating trauma and attachment disorders.
She has over 20 years of experience teaching educators and practitioners how to incorporate outcome research into clinical practice. Syrene has authored several textbooks, chapters and peer-reviewed articles, as well as presented on a national stage regarding effectively translating Evidence-Based Decision Making into practice.
Miller is a clinical instructor at Washington State University and serves on the university’s Scholarly Project Committee. She served as the Eastern Washington representative for the National Association of Social Worker’s Washington Chapter and served as the co-chair of the membership engagement committee.
Services
Fortified U DBT is focused on our clients' needs and helping each individual learn skills to live their best life. Interpersonal effectiveness, mindfulness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance skills are integral in balancing acceptance with change. We can help you improve your relationships, navigate conflict and manage stress more effectively. Contact us to get started!
Radical Acceptance
Marsha Linehan
“Acceptance can transform but if you accept in order to transform, it is not acceptance. It is like loving. Love seeks no reward but when given freely comes back a hundredfold. He who loses his life finds it. He who accepts, changes.”