PROVIDERS
Mark Becker, LCSW-C
Director and Founder of The DBT Center
Mark specializes in treatment with adolescents and adults. Mark has 20 years of experience working in the field of mental health and has been practicing DBT for the past 10 years. Mark started his career working in an adolescent group home at Chestnut Lodge Hospital. In 2006, he graduated with a Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Maryland School of Social Work. Mark has worked in a variety of settings including a psychiatric hospital, a university health center, a community mental health center, special education high schools, and private practice. After many years in private practice, Mark founded The DBT Center. He is passionate about comprehensive DBT and is thrilled to offer this vital service to the community.
In his free time, Mark enjoys cooking, playing games, being outdoors, and spending time with his family and friends.
Ilene Marto Atiyah, LCSW-C
Ilene is a graduate of the Columbia University School of Social Work with a focus on Advanced Clinical Practice. Her experience includes supporting adolescents, young adults, and their families with their mental and behavioral health challenges, including co-occurring substance use. Ilene worked in an IOP setting for the past three years and most recently served as DBT Program Director for Potomac Programs (previously Potomac Pathways). Ilene is DBT trained and believes in a warm, collaborative, and strengths-based approach to support her clients to live their life worth living. Prior to entering the social work field, Ilene worked in international financial services and nonprofit leadership. She is married with two teens of her own and enjoys cooking, reading, being outdoors, spending time with family and friends, and traveling near and far.
Brianna Wilson, LGPC
Brianna earned her Masters of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Johns Hopkins University. Brianna is trained in DBT and trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT). She is passionate about incorporating experiential activities into the DBT framework as a way of engaging with presenting concerns in a new way. She has worked with adolescents and young adults in residential, PHP, and IOP settings. She has experience supporting clients with trauma disorders, varying mood disorders, self-harming behaviors, suicidal ideation, and addictive patterns. Outside of work, Brianna enjoys catching up on her reading list, trying new recipes, and spending time outdoors.
Beth Lawler, LMSW
Beth works part-time at the DBT Center. She believes that providing therapeutic support for individuals and families is a calling and that change happens when individuals and families are ready. She helps her clients set goals based on their wants and needs, meeting each person where they are, helping them to move to where they want to be.
Beth received her Bachelor’s degree in Management from The Johns Hopkins University and her Masters in Social Work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Her focus during her clinical program was on mental and behavioral health.
She has experience working in community-based residential inpatient programs, adolescent substance use intensive outpatient programs, mental health intensive outpatient programs, and private practice.
Outside of work, Beth is a mom to three wonderful persons and a dog mom to two quirky and fun four-legged babies. She enjoys reading and soccer and her very large extended family.
Ruth Williams, LGPC
Ruth Williams has a Master's degree in Professional Counseling from Cairn University and is currently a Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor. Ruth has provided individual, group, and family therapy to children, adolescents, and adults in community outpatient mental health and private practice settings. She works collaboratively with clients and families who are struggling with anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and self-harm behaviors. Ruth uses goal-oriented therapy and DBT to help clients develop new skills in order to cope and change unhealthy behaviors.