Dr Samantha Yard is a licensed clinical psychologist and co-founder of the Comprehensive DBT Team at VA Puget Sound in Seattle. She was mentored by Dr Marsha Linehan and served as a research therapist on Dr Melanie Harned’s NIMH-funded RCT on DBT PE for PTSD. Dr Yard has co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and conference presentations, and works as an expert trainer and consultant for the VA National Suicide Prevention 2.0 initiative. She has a special interest in the impact of trauma, emotion dysregulation, and interpersonal relationships on health risk.