about deirdre

Therapy Languages: English

Pronouns: she/her

Deirdre Jimenez is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker specializing in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Behavioral Parent Training (BPT), Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE), and Exposure with Response Prevention (Ex/RP).  Deirdre has extensive experience providing treatment to children, adolescents, and adults who struggle with anxiety, depression, emotion dysregulation, self-injurious behavior, suicidality, and trauma.  

From 2008-2017, Deirdre worked at McLean Hospital’s 3East DBT Continuum of Care in various positions. Deirdre was intensively trained in DBT and gained experience working with adolescents experiencing symptoms of borderline personality disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress disorder and other co-occurring disorders.  In this position, Deirdre ran therapeutic groups, developed the curriculum, and provided skills coaching, training and clinical support to residents and their families.

From 2017-2020, Deirdre worked as an Adoption Social Worker as a contracted worker for the Department of Children and Families.  Deirdre was trained in working with adopted youth and their families managing the difficulties of transitioning from foster care to their adoptive home.

In addition to DBT, Deirdre provides Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Exposure with Response Prevention (Ex/RP), Parent Child-Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and MATCH-ADTC in her clinical practice.  Deirdre received her B.S. from Northeastern University and a Master of Arts in Social Work from Simmons University. Deirdre completed her internships at Wayside Youth and Families and North Suffolk Mental Health.  Deirdre’s goal is to help children and their families build the skills needed to help navigate the ups and downs that inevitably come with life.