DBT for adolescents
DBT is central to Annie’s work with adolescents, connecting attachment, family systems, self-empowerment, and behavior change.
Owner & Clinical LeadMissoula, MT
Annie Florin
LCSW, DBT-LBC
Montana DBT Associates
DBT-centered care for adolescents and families, with a client-centered, strengths-based approach to building skills and working toward change.
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“Her approach is client-centered and strengths-based.”
Annie Florin has been a licensed clinical social worker since 2016. She started working in children’s mental health as a special education teacher in a day treatment program in San Francisco in 2003. She completed her Master of Social Work degree at the University of Montana in 2016. She’s worked in schools, community mental health, outpatient psychiatry clinics, and acute psychiatric inpatient for adolescents.
Approach to care
Annie’s theoretical orientation is woven together from attachment theory, systems theory, feminism, and trauma. Her approach is client-centered and strengths-based. Her therapeutic modalities include psychodynamic therapy, DBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
DBT for adolescents is Annie’s passion because it integrates attachment, family systems, self-empowerment, and behavior change. And because teenagers show up to life with an authenticity that’s energizing to her.
Beyond the therapy room
Outside of work she is a deep thinker & feeler, a wife, and a mother. She likes to go to bed early, get her hands dirty in her gardens, get out on trails with her 2 dogs, Pepper and Hattie, and embarrass her children with too much affection and “bad” jokes (they’re actually pretty decent jokes).
Education & Credentials
DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™
Annie is a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™, and the only DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™ in Montana. The process to obtain certification is rigorous: it took Annie 5 years from her first DBT training to final certification.
View Annie’s certification on DBT-LBCProfessional credentials
LCSW, DBT-LBC
Owner & Clinical Lead
Education, training & experience
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, San Francisco State University (2004)
Master of Social Work, University of Montana (2016)
2018, DBT Certificate Course - 2-day Intensive Training w/ John E. Lothes, MA, LPA, LCAS-A (via PESI). 12.5 CE hours.
2020, DBT Skills for Adolescents/Families with Elizabeth LoTempio, PsyD and Jared Michonski, PhD of Treatment Implementation Collaborative. 14 CE hours.
2020, Back into the Book: Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder by Marsha Linehan: A Book Study with Shari Manning, PhD. via Treatment Implementation Collaborative. 15 CE hours.
2021, DBT Foundational via Behavioral Tech. 33 CE hours.
2022, DBT Skills for Adolescents and Families via Behavioral Tech. 12 CE hours.
2022, DBT with Reactive or High Conflict Couples with Alan Fruzzetti, PhD. 9.5 CE hours.
2025, DBT PE with Melanie Harned, PhD, ABPP, 26 CE hours.
2025, Certification through DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™.
2026, Pre-Treatment: Setting the Stage for DBT Stage 1© via Treatment Implementation Collaborative.
2026, DBT Skills for Adolescents and Families via PsychWire (repeat).
How Annie Can Help
Acceptance and change
Her client-centered, strengths-based approach draws on DBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Family and relationship context
Attachment and systems theory inform her understanding of clients and the connections that shape their lives.
Ready to work with Annie?
Reach out to our intake team to discuss your needs, ask about current availability, and explore whether this is a good fit.
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