Debra Meehl, DD
Intensively Trained in DBT (Dialectial Behavioral Therapy)
The Meehl Foundation an Amen Brain Healthy Treatment Program
Specializing in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, PTSD, Depression and Substance Abuse. The Meehl Foundation has an IOP Clinic and a Residential Program.
Living in a supportive environment with Mark and Debra Meehl,DD, residents/guests learn new skills for achieving and maintaining emotional regulation with access to the Meehl Foundation Intensively Trained DBT Team. They develop distress tolerance skills and learn how to take control of their thoughts and their actions. We create an individual plan for a wholistic balanced approach to mental wellness with; Psychological testing and assessment, Hypnosis, acupuncture, hair follicle testing for vitamins and mineral, hormone balancing, and nutrition counseling. Most important, residents learn how to take back and create a life that is fulfilling and rewarding.
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Bio
Debra Meehl, DD. is a Certified Pastoral Counselor and Intensively trained Dialectical Behavior Therapist (DBT) and Skills Trainer, She is the founder and President of the Meehl Foundation. Co-Author of the “Friends and Family Bipolar Survival Guide” and documentary presenter of the Life Focus TV series “A Mind Misunderstood” to air October 5, 2010 on PBS, TLN and TNN. With 20 years of recovery and rehabilitation experience Deb weaves humor and compassion in her presentations. As a trained therapist she gives case examples and scientific evidence of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, the only treatment that has up to an 87% success rate with certain mood and personality disorders. On a personal level, she learned that nothing in her professional education had prepared her for “successfully living with her soul mate who just happened to have BPD.” until she found Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
Today Debra speaks around the U.S. on the topic Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder with substance abuse, and the full life of recovery that you can have with these disorders. She and Mark teach, work and live the Dialectical Behavioral principles, while operating The Meehl Foundation and The Meehl House. The Meehl House currently offers the only Transitional Residential Home for Co-Occurring Disorder in the United States, with an "Intensively Trained DBT Team."
Memberships
NAATP, NASW, TAAP,
Payments Accepted
Cash, check, CC
Hours:10am-8pm
Cost/Session
sliding scale fee
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Practice Areas/Issues Treated
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Therapy
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Group Therapy
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Addiction
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Hypnotherapy
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Anxiety and Panic
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Life and Wellness Coaching
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Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
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Life Transitions
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Body Image Issues
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Loneliness
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Caregiver Issues
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Marriage Counseling
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Chronic Illness
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Online / Teletherapy
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Couples
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Pre and Postpartum Mental Health
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Depression
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Relationship Issues
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Divorce
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Religious Counseling
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Eating Disorders
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Self-Esteem Issues
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Gay or Lesbian Issues
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Seniors and Elder Care Issues
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Gender Identity / Transgenderism
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Trauma and PTSD
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Grief and Loss
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Licenses/Certifications
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Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist (NBCCH)
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Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
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