Kathryn E. Korslund, PhD, ABPP, is a clinical psychologist and behavioral health executive with more than 25 years of experience in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), evidenceโbased suicide treatment, and enterpriseโlevel clinical operations. She served as Associate Director of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington, where she worked with Dr. Marsha Linehan as a coโinvestigator on multiple DBT clinical trials and coโdeveloped the University of Washington DBT Adherence Coding Scale. She is also a coโdeveloper of the DBT Adherence Checklist for Individual Therapy (DBT ACโI) and a contributing author to the 2025 revised DBT Skills Training Manual and DBT Skills Training Handouts & Worksheets.
Dr. Korslund held senior leadership roles at THIRA Healthโincluding Chief Executive Officer, Chief Clinical Officer, and Clinical Directorโwhere she designed, built, and led comprehensive DBT residential, PHP, and IOP programs for individuals with emotion dysregulation, suicidal behavior, and complex comorbidities. She later served as Director of Clinical Care at Two Chairs, overseeing national remoteโfirst clinical operations and techโenabled digital triage implementation.
She is the founding President of the DBTโLinehan Board of Certification and has provided DBT training, consultation, and fidelity monitoring across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Dr. Korslund is a licensed psychologist in Washington State and board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology, a Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Psychology, and additionally certified by the DBTโLinehan Board of Certification and the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety.