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Debra Lopez, M.D.

CONSULTATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

About

Dr. Debra Lopez is a Board Certified Psychiatrist who currently specializes in providing case consultation services for mental health professionals.

Debra Lopez, MD

Consultation for Mental Health Professionals

  • Clinical Consultation for Mental Health Professionals
    • Special interest in helping clinicians better understand and plan treatment for individuals with suicidal ideation and risk
    • Expertise is grounded in ongoing study of national best practices and evidence-based approaches
  • Consultation to Professional Groups
    • Focus is to improve clinical treatment services for people at risk of suicide.
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Debra A. Lopez, MD

about

about

Credentials, Experience and Training Background

  • Board Certified Psychiatrist and Current Vermont Physician License
  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Vermont (UVM) Larner College of Medicine, 1984 to present.
  • Private Practice in Adult Psychiatry, Burlington, Vermont, 1984 to 2015.
  • Trained in the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS), 2018 and ongoing. https://cams-care.com/about-cams/the-evidence-base-for-cams
  • Trained in the Safety Planning Intervention with Drs. B. Stanley and G. Brown, 2018. https://suicidesafetyplan.com/
  • Trained in Crisis Response Planning, with Dr. Craig J. Bryan, 2019. https://suicidepreventiontherapy.com/
  • Extensive training and experience in the treatment of trauma-related conditions, including dissociative disorders.
  • Advanced, Practitioner Level training in Mentalization-based Treatment (MBT), McLean Hospital, 2013
  • Certified in Contemporary Psychoanalysis, The National Institute for the Psychotherapies, 2004

Memberships and Awards

Memberships and Awards

Current Consulting Work

Current Consulting Work

Personal Experience

Personal Experience

Debra Lopez lives in Burlington, Vermont with her husband, Bill Gottesman. Their son, Alan Lopez Gottesman, died by suicide in 2015, at the age of 25. Alan died during an admission to a nationally recognized psychiatric hospital, where he was being treated for suicidal depression. Since Alan’s death, Debra and Bill have dedicated themselves to work that expands the training of mental health professionals in evidence-based, suicide-specific treatments, and aims to improve systems of care for individuals who are struggling with suicidal ideation and risk.

References

References

For additional references, contact Debra at: [email protected]

Referral Information and Resources

Referral Information and Resources

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To Schedule a Consultation

To Schedule a Consultation

Contact Information

Call802-373-1946 and leave a confidential voice message, or

Email[email protected] with “Consultation” in the subject line.

If there is no reply within 48 hours, please resend the message or call.

Please do not send personal or confidential information by email.


NOTE: Dr. Lopez is not seeing new patients or providing direct patient care at this time. Click here for Referral Information and Resources