Renee Hoekstra, PsyD

Renee Hoekstra, PsyD, became a licensed clinical psychologist in Massachusetts in 2008 and has been in private practice since 2009. She has over 20 years of experience lea DBT informed groups in both intensive treatment settings and in private practice. She has gotten extensive exposure and training in DBT, including a six-month seminar through the University of Washington and a Harvard post-doctorate position with Massachusetts Mental Health Center. She has put together various workshops, readings, and speeches related to the contextual and behavioral sciences, has a certification in functional analytic psychotherapy, has obtained various ACT trainings, and actively participates in an ACT peer consultation group.

She self-published The Emotional Extremist’s Guide to Handling Cartoon Elephants in 2013, which includes her own watercolor artwork and whimsical graphic design to help people manage their elephants (emotions!). She has worked in inpatient hospital settings, crisis lines, community mental health, and has interviewed thousands of claimants for social security disability evaluations. She has also facilitated workshops on barriers to creativity, surviving the dark of winter, and parenting the emotionally extreme teen. Her ongoing online small groups focus on reducing the symptoms of depression and managing moods. She is all about warmth, growth, cohesion, skill building, being challenged, being present, and setting up platforms to help people thrive through building relationships.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Renee Hoekstra maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Disability Determination Services. She receives royalties as a published author. Renee Hoekstra receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Renee Hoekstra has no relevant non-financial relationships.