Christina Fiddes, LCSW DBT-Linehan Board of Certification Certified Clinician (TM)
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Christina Fiddes earned her undergraduate degree from St. Andrews University in 1999. After graduating, Christina worked for 9 years as an advocate for victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse, both in the non-profit and criminal justice settings. She earned her Masters of Social Work from the University of Georgia in 2010 and immediately began work as a therapist for Hillside, one of Georgia’s premiere psychiatric residential facilities. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has provided children, adolescents and families individual, family and group therapy for over a decade. She is one of four therapists in the state to hold DBT – Linehan Board of Certification as a DBT therapist™ and was the first therapist in the state of Georgia to be certified in the attachment-based modality Theraplay®. Christina is also an EMDR therapist and is intensively trained in both DBT-PTSD and DBT-PE to treat trauma. Christina can be reached directly at christina@perimeterdbt.com
Qualifications and Experience:
Treatment Philosophy: I believe everyone has a desire to feel connected to themselves and to their world. I also believe there are many challenges (big, small or in between) in life where there is divergence between what an individual wants to do and what they are presently capable of doing. There may be factors from early childhood that impact attachment style and one’s core sense of self or events along the way that are simply too much for a person to hold on their own. Maybe there is no particular event, rather a general sense of pain and suffering, or a space within that feels empty or unfulfilled. I believe, regardless of how one came into their pain or suffering, individuals want to balance their world with acceptance of those things that cannot be changed in the moment with the strength, motivation and mindset to make change, to venture into the unknown and to experience life differently. My work is dedicated to helping individuals and families, adolescents and adults, learn to experience life in a way where joy and pain walk in balance. |