Married for 20 years with 3 biological children, Lizz and Jim often refer to DBT STEPS-A as their fourth child. This is not just a business; it’s personal for both Lizz and Jim.

Jim started his journey as a school psychologist and Lizz as a clinical psychologist.  Together they witnessed the shortcomings of how we as a society approach and treat young people encountering emotion dysregulation.  Jim found difficulty addressing the needs of the many students in crisis and grew frustrated with his inability to impact the growing number of students requiring support.  Lizz, both then and now, receives more inquiries for therapy than she or her local colleagues can handle.  Together, they realized that something needed to be done to reach more kids before they were in crisis. From that mindset grew the idea for the proactive curriculum that is now DBT STEPS-A – a prevention-oriented approach to supporting and enhancing every student’s mental well-being.