Scott Spradlin, LPC

Scott Spradlin, a licensed professional counselor and licensed master’s addiction counselor, is the co-director of Wichita DBT at NorthStar Therapy, along with his wife, Mariah Spradlin, a licensed clinical social worker and licenses clinical addiction counselor. They provide adherent comprehensive DBT and Wise Mind for the Distracted Mind: DBT for Adult ADHD, a modified DBT for adult ADHD.

Scott completed DBT intensive training with DBT founder Marsha Linehan, Ph.D., and Linda Dimeff, Ph.D., in 2000 in Seattle, Washington. He served as an adjunct professor for the College of Education and School Psychology at Wichita State University, where he taught courses on DBT and related topics, the assessment and treatment of suicidality and self-harm, and the ethical integration of religion and spirituality in psychotherapy for undergraduate and graduate students. Scott authored Don’t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life: How Dialectical Behavior Therapy Can Put You in Control (New Harbinger, 2003).

He and his wife are co-authoring a new workbook on DBT for adult ADHD scheduled for release in 2025.

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