Dr. Belinda Bellet, PhD, DBT-LBC Certified Clinical Psychologist

With over three decades of experience, Dr. Belinda Bellet is a Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Linehan Board Certified (DBT-LBC) clinical psychologist at the forefront of modern mental health care, crisis intervention, and systemic advocacy. As the Founder and Director of Brooklyn Heights Behavioral Psychology Associates (BHBA), she specializes in evidence-based treatments for high-risk cases, self-harm behaviors, and complex family dynamics. Her distinct expertise aims to disrupt pathological patterns & rewire for secure attachment. Her unique theoretical approach seamlessly integrates rigorous behaviorism with evolutionary and developmental attachment research.

1 Of 565 Board-Certified DBT Therapists Worldwide

Dr. Belinda Bellet is 1 of only 565 board-certified DBT therapists certified by the Linehan Board of Certification (LBC). As a DBT certified psychologist, she is renowned for excellence in treating suicide in adolescents & adults. Her approach rigorously tackles complex relationships with dynamic interventions and behaviorism techniques that repair impacted bonds. Under her elite training, she studied under DBT’s original founder and pioneer Dr. Marsha Linehan, as well as leading innovators Drs. Jill Rathus, Alec Miller, Alan Fruzzetti, and Francheska Perepletchikova. She also trained with the founder of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dr. Steven Hayes. DBT-LBC continues to establish the gold standard for high-quality, evidence-based dialectical behavior therapy treatments. This recognition provides assurance to program participants, families, as well as insurers & fellow clinicians. Today, Dr. Bellet additionally serves as the fundraising chair for the DBT-Linehan Board Of Certification (DBT-LBC). This committee focuses on advancing evidence-based care, supporting treatment initiatives, and securing critical financial resources. 

Training On Person-Centered Trauma-Informed Care (PCTI) For Multiple Departments At Bellevue Hospital In Manhattan, NY.

NYC Health + Hospitals Advisory Partner

Dr. Bellet is passionate about shaping citywide systemic mental health programs. As an NYC Health + Hospitals Advisory Partner, she leads trauma-informed care initiatives for frontline healthcare employees. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she designed workshops that reached 45,000+ essential workers. Across trainings, Dr. Bellet developed a customized curriculum that looked beyond basic soft skills and coping mechanisms. Her approach empowers simple, yet highly-powerful, techniques. Each workshop integrates evidence-based DBT skills to support nursing, ambulatory care, chaplaincy, and finance departments in their highly challenging roles. 

• Continuous Exposure To Trauma & Impact Of COVID-19
• Group Therapy For Coping With Secondary Traumatic Stress
• Strategies For Self-Care & Stress Management At-Home
• Trauma & The Nervous System
• Identifying Secondary Traumatic Stress In The Workplace
• Evidence-Based Treatment (EBT) To Target Trauma Responses
• Live Yoga With A Licensed Therapist
• Stigma Of Individual Treatment Among Healthcare Workers

NYC H+H Community Advisory Board (CAB) partners volunteer at critical hospitals and long-term care (LTC) centers across the city. Their role promotes advocacy, raises awareness, supports communities, and strengthens the public healthcare system. Dr. B is proud to offer vital perspectives, board-certified expertise, and a deep understanding of mental health programs. 

Educator At Long Island (LIU) & Columbia University

Dr. Bellet proudly teaches, trains, and oversees academic appointments at both Columbia & Long Island University in New York City. At Columbia, she serves as the Practicum Site Director for the School of Social Work, DBT. The CSSW DBT Training Program covers abuse reporting education, motivational interviewing, and human behavior. Later semesters focus on behavioral assessments, interventions, and clinical case evaluations. Dr. B’s guidance provides students resources to support patients with suicide/self-harm behaviors, substance abuse challenges, or complex trauma.  

At LIU in Brooklyn, she works with the university’s Ph.D. Clinical Psychology Program. She supports doctoral students throughout their individual research, coursework, and own clinical experiences. The Ph.D. program emphasizes psychologic assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and treatment techniques. Dr. Bellet is proud to support programs & universities that are fully accredited with the American Psychological Association (APA).

Podcasts, Media, & Speaking Engagements

Belinda Bellet, Ph.D. is proud to share her evidence-based techniques, tools, and strategies for audiences across NYC. She’s passionate about parenting, trauma, education, and mental health topics that help participants live a fulfilling life. Her approach promotes self-harm prevention, combats shame, and empowers healthy family relationships. 

Learn more about Dr. B’s latest speaking engagements & podcast appearances: 

• Harvard Extension Student Psychological Club – Transforming Trauma Care: Advocacy, Action, & Healing: Dr. Bellet explores the role of mindfulness, DBT skills, and evidence-based care to help navigate life’s most challenging moments.
• Feel Good Now The Dr. Williams Podcast – Shaping Family Values In Children Through DBT: Dr. Bellet explores balancing acceptance, change, and family values in behavioral interventions.

She additionally proudly supports local nonprofits and groups that empower youth, families, and the DBT community at-large. If you are searching for an experienced keynote speaker, podcast guest, or expert panel source contact Belinda & the Brooklyn Heights Behavioral Associates team.

Advocacy For NYC Kids, Adults, & Families

Dr. Bellet proudly advocates for New York City youth, adults, and families. She’s a counselor, educator, and advocate for individuals experiencing a range of mental health challenges.

NYC Children: Advocacy For Safe Tech & Data Privacy

Dr. Bellet proudly supports NYC children and families with advocacy for digital safety. As a licensed child & adolescent psychologist, she fully understands the dangers & impacts of unregulated technology on today’s youth. Her focus is on strengthening parent-child relationships that repair damaged bonds and help families thrive. 

In early 2026, she stood alongside NY state legislators in Albany to advocate for Common Sense Media’s recent Legislative Priorities. Topics discussed include blocking online predators, combating addictive algorithms, and enforcing liability for AI mental health impersonations. Dr. B’s focus was ensuring real families were heard by state senators, attorney generals, and lawmakers. 

Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Victims: Safety, Solidarity, & Support

Belinda Bellet, PhD offers meaningful support to survivors of sexual assault (SA) and domestic violence (DV). With 35+ years of clinical experience, she understands that abuse does not discriminate. There’s no single way a victim should look, feel, act, or identify themselves. She understands how SA or DV can impact our sense of safety, impact future relationships, and damage lifelong trust. She supports victims, challenges harmful stereotypes, advocates or accessible resources, and approaches each experience with genuine compassion.

“I encourage each of us to reflect on a simple, but meaningful question: How can I help create a world which someone feels safer being heard?” – Dr. Belinda Bellet, PhD, DBT-LBC

Individuals & Families With BPD: Board-Certified Therapy & Education For Borderline Personality Disorder

Dr. Bellet brings deep experience, expertise, and resources for individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Dr. Marsha Linehan originally developed dialectical behavior therapy to treat BPD and chronic self-harm behaviors specifically. While borderline personality disorder impacts millions of adolescents & adults, it remains highly vilified, misunderstood, and stigmatized within the general public. For the past three decades, Dr. B has worked directly with this patient population. She focuses on skillfully cultivating a loving, safe, and accepting requirements that support meaningful recovery.

“People who have traumatic relationship patterns, attachment disorders, have a lot of symptoms…. It is about increasing empathy and understanding.. looking through the lens of their childhood, their circumstances, their psychosocial stressors, their life. We’re looking at a human being who is suffering. Let’s come together and help.” – Dr. Belinda Bellet, Founder Of Brooklyn Heights Behavioral Associates

LGBTQIA+ Community: Continued Learning, Support, & Compassion

Belinda Bellet, PhD understands the challenges, discrimination, and marginalization that the LGBTQIA+ community faces. Her approach honors each person’s unique experience, strengths, and needs. Her advocacy emphasizes awareness, acceptance, and continued learning. She incorporates evidence-based tools, practical guidance, and highly-specialized modalities. As a Linehan board certified psychologist, she emphasizes skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness skills. When someone is seeking validation, exploring their identity, or struggling with emotional well-being – our services can make a meaningful impact. 

Professional Affiliations & Clinical Associations

A recognized authority in acute psychiatric care and disaster psychology, Dr. Bellet served as the Clinical Co-Director of the Interim Crisis Clinic at Bellevue Hospital’s Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP), where she also held faculty appointments at the NYU School of Medicine. In partnership with FEMA, the National Center for PTSD, and NYC municipal agencies, she’s played a role in the city and nation’s most defining emergencies as a crises counselor – including the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Hurricane Katrina, and a high-profile political assassination within City Hall.

Her clinical authority extends into the federal legal system, where she has provided expert forensic evaluations and testified in Federal Court on behalf of torture victims seeking asylum, as well as in Family Court for foster children seeking legal placement.

Dr. Bellet serves as a contributing expert for the CARE App, a personal health and wellness platform. She also developed her own 6-part, on-demand DBT course that translate her decades of clinical mastery into scalable lessons that build powerful skills for grit and love. 

Whether testifying in federal court, training thousands of frontline healthcare workers, or guiding a single family through crisis, Dr. Bellet is dedicated to translating world-class psychological science into profound, lived healing. Through her work at Brooklyn Heights Behavioral Associates, podcasts, speaking engagements, and professional associations, she continues to redefine the future of evidence-based mental health care, education, and advocacy.

She is certified Parent Management Training (PMT), and brings deep-experience in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Zen traditions. Seeking to immerse herself in community education & advocacy, she has participated in multiple silent retreats, including an intensive training focused on the psychological navigation of death and dying.

Reviews & Testimonials

“Dr. Belinda Bellet is an expert in DBT and mindfulness-based therapies, with decades of experience treating complex and high-risk cases. She is an amazing resource for those in crisis and a respected leader in the mental health field. This practice offers exceptional, evidence-based care.” – Jackie O.

“Dr. Belinda Bellet is a true expert as well as a genuinely lovely person to work with and is highly regarded as a clinician and supervisor. I highly recommend this professional and caring group of therapists and wouldn’t hesitate to refer someone to work with them!” – Heidi C.

“Dr. Bellet is well known in the professional therapeutic community for her work with families and in with the complexity of family relationships and dynamics.  She is an expert in DBT, mindfulness and a whole host of other evidence based modalities that help individuals and families. I would strongly recommend working with her.” – Gary K.