Daily DBT Group Leaders

After receiving her undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University, she went on to achieve a PhD in Psychology from the University of Tennessee. Following an internship at Emory University Counseling Center, Dr. Edwards was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship through Emory University School of Medicine. Currently, she serves on the Board of Advisors for the Atlanta chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, is a consultant for the Samaritan Counseling Center of Atlanta, and holds a position of adjunct professor at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Edwards’ specialties include working with emotional dysregulation, personality disorders, attachment and interpersonal process, relationship issues (family of origin, romantic relationships), college and graduate students, suicide prevention, depression / anxiety, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. When she isn’t working, Dr. Edwards loves to be on the water (at the beach, on the lake, or by the river), eat (and sometimes cook), be outdoors whenever possible, and spend time with family and friends.

After receiving her undergraduate degree from Gettyburg College, Dr. Santorelli went on to obtain her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Georgia State University. She then completed her doctoral internship and postdoctoral residency at Grady Hospital and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta through Emory University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences {with a focus on trauma and parent-child relations}. Her areas of specialization include family of origin difficulties, dysfunctional families, parentifed children, college-aged individuals, failure to launch, anxiety, depression, early trauma, personality disorders, parent-child relations and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Additionally, she holds a position of adjunct clinical faculty at Emory University School of Medicine and is a consultant for WebMD’s medical review board for Psychiatry. When she isn’t working she is attempting to multi-task by raising her three sons, keeping in touch with her New York roots, staying on top of her book club assignments, ordering take-out and spending time with friends and family (preferably near a body of water, pools included!).