Jonathan Buchsbayew

Background

About Jonathan Buchsbayew

Jonathan Buchsbayew LCSW, received his master’s degree in social work from Fordham University and has worked in the field of substance abuse, addiction, and mental health since 2005. In 2015, Jonathan was intensively trained in DBT by Behavior Tech. Jonathan also has specialized training in CBT, addiction, trauma, EMDR and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). Prior to co-founding Campus DBT, Jonathan was the Clinical Director for New York Center for Living where his passion for clinical program development took off. Jonathan Co-designed and implemented a developmental model of treatment that blended Ericksonian principles, recovery and DBT skills. Jonathan also developed an adolescent prevention track that had a firm psychoeducation foundation with clear ideas on the damage of substance use, relapse prevention, mindfulness, emotional regulation, and distress tolerance skills Jonathan was also a clinical supervisor at OHEL Children’s Home and Family Services where he was responsible for the integration, training, and oversight of DBT into the clinical programming. He also served as clinical coordinator at The Living Room, a Brooklyn based program for young adults in recovery. He also taught as an adjunct professor at Touro University. He co-authored Stepping out of the abyss: A Jewish guide to recovery (Mosaica Press, 2017).