Lifeskills South Florida held a Professionals Weekend November 10-13, 2011 at its’ Deerfield Beach, FL location. The focus of the weekend was training on Mentalizing-based Treatment (MBT) for Adolescents, Adults and their Families. This forward thinking training was facilitated by Efrain Bleiberg, MD, Senior Psychiatrist and Past President of The Menninger Clinic, Houston, TX. His book, Treating Personality Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Relational Approach was published in the fall of 2001 by Guilford Press. There were over 35 professionals representing a variety of treatment disciplines from both the US and Canada.


Cesar Benarroche, MD Medical Director and Wideline Guillaume, Administrative Assistant

Michael Gillis, MSW Executive Director

Executive Director, Michael Gillis, MSW Clinical Director, Dawn DiCicco, LCSW Director of Admissions, Jackie Fetzer DBT Specialist, Laura Durant, LMHC


Jason Ross, PhD, LMHC Director of Outpatient Services

DBT Specialist, Rachel Whipple, LCSW Trauma Specialist, Renee Altman, LCSW CBT Specialist, Tom Lewis, LMHC, CAP

Facilitator: Efrain Bleiberg, MD of the Menninger Clinic, Houston, TX

Efrain Bleiberg, MD and Audrey Freshman, PhD, CASAC, Adelphi University

Elizabeth McGuire, LCSW of Wings Helps and Efrain Bleiberg, MD

Training Attendees

Maryse Duvalsaint, LCSW and John Crepsac, LCSW
