Penny Kruger, MSW, LCSW-S (Texas), Senior Clinical Director

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Penny Kruger is a veteran DBT Therapist, and an educator and trainer for DBT to other clinicians, clients, and the community. Penny is one of the founders of Austin DBT Associates, and she has helped to create a organization that provides exceptional care to people suffering from depression, substance use disorder, and suicidal ideation. Reach out to ADBTA in Austin TX to get scheduled today.
Penny Kruger is a faculty member at ADBTA. She is a Professional Clinical Counselor at Austin DBT Associates.

More About Penny Kruger

Penny Kruger (she/her/hers) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Supervisor (LCSW-S). Penny completed her Master’s in Social Work at Tulane University in New Orleans, her native city. She has been practicing clinical social work for 30 years at all levels of clinical care with a variety of clinical areas, including mood disorders, sexual trauma, sexual compulsivity, domestic violence offender treatment, and personality disorders.

Penny is intensively trained in both Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy. In 2006, she founded the first adult DBT Intensive Outpatient Program at Ascension Seton Behavioral Health in Austin, Texas. She acted as the Clinical Lead for this program until 2020, training and supervising many of the current practicing DBT clinicians in the Austin area.

She is an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry and Department of Health Services at The University of Texas at Austin’s Dell Medical School, teaching psychiatric residents and social workers about DBT. In addition, Penny is the active Senior Clinical Director of Austin DBT Associates, where she helps train clinicians to provide adherent DBT and RO-DBT treatment in an outpatient setting.

Penny continues to see clients in her private practice and provides ongoing training and consultations for clinicians and agencies trying to adapt DBT to their settings.

Specialties

"I need someone to talk to"AbuseAnger ManagementAnxiety & DepressionCouples CounselingDBT - Comprehensive (Fully Adherent)Divorce/SeparationDomestic ViolenceFamily ConcernsFertility, Pregnancy, & PostpartumGrief & BereavementImpulsive BehaviorsLife ChangesLonelinessLow Confidence/Self-esteemOccupational ConcernsPanic & AnxietyParenting Concerns/EducationPerfectionismRadically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT)School ProblemsSelf-Harming/Suicidal ThoughtsSocial Skills TrainingSubstance Abuse/Addictions

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