Faculty
Behavioral Tech Institute prides itself in providing the highest quality training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy available. We can only offer this to you by providing the most experienced and trainers & consultants in the field of DBT. We honor each one of these individuals for their efforts and dedication to DBT and other empirically-based treatments.
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Izmir, Türkiye
Dmitrii Pushkarev, M.D., Ph.D., is a co-founder and the Chief of DBT training at BE Company, a training company located in Turkey and determined to provide evidence-based treatments training, including DBT Intensive Training™, for Russian-speaking professionals internationally. He serves as the leader of the DBT section of the Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapists in Russia (EABCT), and is a member of the Board of the Russian Association of DBT therapists. Since 2020 he is a Trainer with Behavioral Tech Institute.
Dr. Pushkarev completed his medical and psychiatric training at Sechenov University in Moscow and completed a post-doctoral residency where he received his training in cognitive behavioral therapy. In 2015, in response to the need for evidence-based treatment for suicidal behavior in his home country, he formed the first DBT Team in Russia and invited Behavioral Tech and the Linehan Institute to provide DBT Intensive Training™ to his and other teams. He and his colleagues have developed a DBT-Skills self-study program to help teams prepare for training and to disseminate DBT in Russia and throughout the post-Soviet states. Currently Dr. Pushkarev is a Chief of an international DBT training program within BE Company (Izmir, Turkey).
