Affiliate Faculty
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UW Medicine
Contact:
Pediatric Psychologist
Director of Measurement-Based Patient Care for Outpatient Psychiatry, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Role
Dr. Liu is the lead instructor for the Comprehensive DBT trainings for post-graduate level clinicians through CSPAR, along with Dr. Comtois.
Background
Dr. Liu is a third-wave behavior therapist trained in DBT and ACT, working with youth and families living with chronic illness. Her research program focuses on scalable mental health service interventions to improve access and quality of care for diverse youth and families including developing and testing telehealth ACT-based group therapy for youth with Cystic Fibrosis and equity-focused implementation strategies to support the uptake of evidence-based mental health services in schools.
The Center for Suicide Prevention and Recovery (CSPAR) is a part of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington.