Who We Are

The Northern New Mexico DBT team was developed in 2005 and provides adherent DBT services to adults.  All of our therapists have been intensively trained and participate in weekly consultation team meetings. We are committed to providing compassionate and evidence based treatment and to this end have been active members of the Evidence Based Practice Institute since 2013.  

Meet Our Team

Abby Braun
​LISW, PhD
DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™

Abby completed her graduate studies at the University of Denver and received a Masters in Clinical Social Work in 1984 and completed a PhD in Human Communication in 1986.  In 1993 she opened a private practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Ten years later she was intensively trained in DBT by Behavioral Tech and has provided both comprehensive and adherent DBT since that time. In 2016 she became a certified DBT clinician through the Linehan board of certification.  Abby has completed over 200 hours of continuing education credits in DBT and was a founding member of the Northern New Mexico DBT Team. In 2020 she completed the Certificate Program in Mindfulness and Psychotherapy through the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy.

Nomi Green
MA LPCC
DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™

Nomi (any pronoun used respectfully) has been a lifelong mindfulness practitioner, and teaches mindfulness both in therapy and at retreats.  Nomi has intensively studied in a number of mindfulness traditions including secular forms, applied neuroscience and within a spiritual practice. Nomi has also intensively studied Attachment therapy, Child Parent Psychotherapy, Infant Mental Health, trauma, body image issues, binge eating, and LGBTQI issues, and applies all of these principles in working with adults.  Nomi is a certified DBT therapist from the DBT Linehan Board of Certification and is intensively trained in full protocol Prolonged Exposure trauma treatment within DBT which has a 70% effectiveness rate in healing chronic PTSD.   Nomi has a Master’s Degree in Counseling, is a licensed LPCC and has a private practice in Santa Fe working with individuals. 

​​​​​Tess Moore
LCSW

Tess became interested in the field of social work during her work at a rehabilitative center for people struggling with addiction. She began her social work studies at New Mexico Highlands University with a focus on infant mental health. In addition to her academic work, Tess was also providing in-home parenting support and education for parents and soon-to-be mothers. After completion of undergraduate and graduate studies, Tess shifted her attention to providing the evidence-based treatment of Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST) for at-risk adolescents and families in Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, and Los Alamos Counties. After four years providing MST services, Tess became interested in further honing her clinical skills in evidence-based models of treatment, joining Northern New Mexico DBT in August of 2023. In addition to training as a Circle of Security facilitator and MST provider, Tess completed intensive training in DBT in April of 2023. Tess recognizes the incredible power of a treatment approach which emphasizes acquisition of the skills necessary for individuals to pursue their life-worth-living goals and has seen the ways in which clients have been able to transform their lives and achieve those goals. She will be pursuing DBT-Linehan Board of Certification Certified Clinician™ status during 2025.

Carlotta Saiz
 LPCC 

Carlotta is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), honored to serve the community of Santa Fe, where she was born and raised. Her education includes a Bachelor’s of Communication from the University of New Mexico and a Master’s of Counseling from Southwestern College. She began her counseling career in Chicago, IL, where she dedicated herself to supporting youth facing mental health crises and their families.  Carlotta has been in clinical practice for 20 years, working with individuals, couples, and families across the lifespan. Her therapeutic approach is relational and strengths-based, with an emphasis on fostering insight, resilience, and meaningful change.  In addition to her direct clinical work, Carlotta serves as a Clinical Supervisor at The Sky Center’s family therapy training center, where she supports the development of emerging therapists. After working with individuals who were seeking concrete skills to manage emotional intensity and distress, she pursued intensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and is excited to integrate DBT’s evidence-based practices into her work with clients.