DBT Therapy, In-Person or TeleHealth; DBT Couples - DBT Skills Group - EMDR & Trauma
Meet Our Team
Lona Stranieri, LCSW; DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™
Lona is the Founder and Director of Princeton Center for DBT and Counseling and a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™. She has extensive training and clinical experience in providing DBT therapy as well as other cognitive, behavioral, and mindfulness-based psychotherapies. She is intensively trained in DBT and has
Lona is the Founder and Director of Princeton Center for DBT and Counseling and a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™. She has extensive training and clinical experience in providing DBT therapy as well as other cognitive, behavioral, and mindfulness-based psychotherapies. She is intensively trained in DBT and has participated on DBT treatment teams since 2006, and as a DBT Team Leader since 2010. In addition, she has completed advanced training in EMDR and works with individuals with developmental trauma and PTSD; and has completed Level 2 training in the Gottman method for Marriage and Couples Therapy. A graduate of Rutgers University School of Social Work, Lona has been counseling individuals, couples, and families since 2006 and has extensive experience as a group facilitator. Lona is also a NJ State Board of Social Work Examiners approved clinical social work supervisor. Her second love is teaching and training and she has done so in a variety of settings including in clinical practice, as a workshop presenter at professional conferences, as a university guest lecturer, and by providing on-site trainings to various agencies, hospital-based, and continuing education programs. Prior to clinical practice Lona worked for 10 years as a consultant to health and human services organizations developing, implementing, and monitoring social service programs for government and non-profit organizations.
Lona Stranieri is a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™
Jennifer D. Marshall, MA, LPC
Dayna Fernandes, MSW, LCSW, PMH-C
Dayna Fernandes, MSW, LCSW, PMH-C
Jennifer has completed foundational DBT therapy training with Treatment Implementation Collaborative. She is a graduate of the Counseling Program at Montclair State University. Her experience includes counseling children, teens, adults, couples, and families dealing with a wide range of social and emotional challenges. Jennifer works wit
Jennifer has completed foundational DBT therapy training with Treatment Implementation Collaborative. She is a graduate of the Counseling Program at Montclair State University. Her experience includes counseling children, teens, adults, couples, and families dealing with a wide range of social and emotional challenges. Jennifer works with individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, self-harm, gender/sexuality issues, and life transitions. She offers clients a person-centered perspective that is grounded in accessible behavioral techniques. Her educational background includes a PhD in English. As a former professor she incorporates her expertise in teaching skills and concepts into her work as a DBT Therapist and Skills Trainer.
Dayna Fernandes, MSW, LCSW, PMH-C
Dayna Fernandes, MSW, LCSW, PMH-C
Dayna Fernandes, MSW, LCSW, PMH-C
Dayna has completed Foundational training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT therapy) from Behavioral Tech; and has extensive experience working in private practice, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs using the DBT model. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware in psychology, after whic
Dayna has completed Foundational training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT therapy) from Behavioral Tech; and has extensive experience working in private practice, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs using the DBT model. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware in psychology, after which she joined the Princeton House Behavioral Health Teen Girls Program where she worked as a mental health associate providing group counseling, case management, orientation, referral and coaching services to adolescent girls. In May, 2017 Dayna completed her Master of Social Work degree from Rutgers University School of Social Work where she specialized in drug and alcohol counseling. In addition, Dayna is certified in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C) and has a deep commitment to supporting individuals and families through pregnancy, postpartum, and reproductive transitions. Dayna provides compassionate, evidence-based care for concerns such as perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, birth trauma, infertility, and loss. Dayna's approach with all of her clients is warm, nonjudgmental, and tailored to meet the unique needs of individuals during vulnerable and transformative times in their life.
Chelsea Totaro, LCSW
Dayna Fernandes, MSW, LCSW, PMH-C
Chelsea Totaro, LCSW
Chelsea has completed the Foundational DBT training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT therapy). She is a graduate of Marshall University's Master of Social Work program in Huntington, West Virginia. She is a Licensed Clinical and Certified School Social Worker. Her extensive professional background includes providing therapeutic serv
Chelsea has completed the Foundational DBT training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT therapy). She is a graduate of Marshall University's Master of Social Work program in Huntington, West Virginia. She is a Licensed Clinical and Certified School Social Worker. Her extensive professional background includes providing therapeutic services to youth and adult populations in various levels of care within the mental health system. Chelsea has extensive experience facilitating groups in correctional, substance abuse, and vocational rehabilitation settings and has served as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for children navigating the child welfare system. While at Marshall University she provided therapeutic services to college students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); and assisted in the programming and development of the Marshall University Behavioral Health Center providing individual, family, and group sessions for both university students and community residents. Upon her return to NJ, Chelsea served as a Behavioral Health Home Clinician providing outpatient individual and family sessions to adults with Mood Disorders, Personality Disorders, Schizophrenia, and Co-Occurring Disorders. As Clinical Team Leader at a Psychiatric Community Home, Chelsea worked with teen boys and their families to address severe mental health and behavioral issues. In addition to her work as a DBT Skills Trainer, Chelsea utilizes a variety of approaches as a therapist including Nurtured Heart Approach, Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness Based Therapies. Chelsea believes it is the therapeutic relationship between a clinician and client that builds the foundation for growth
