Ph.D. Melanie Gordon Sheets

Melanie Gordon Sheets, Ph.D., is currently the Chief Psychologist at Big Spring State Hospital in Texas, a Texas Psychological Association (TPA) task force member for the development of a statewide doctoral level psychology internship training consortium for psychologists, the Co-Director of the Lone Star Psychology Residency Consortium internship program, and a Clinical Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry.

She began her career as a mental health technician at Richardson Medical Center (Dallas) in 1985 helping individuals with agoraphobia, substance abuse, depression, Bipolar Disorder, and Borderline Personality Disorder. She earned a doctorate from Texas A&M University where her training emphasized psychoanalytic and Jungian psychotherapy methods. She interned at the Dallas VA Medical Center in the PTSD Clinic and the Substance Abuse Unit. She has conducted the DBT-CBT Group since 2004 for forensic, VA, and general psychiatric inpatients. She provides trainings and conducts speaking engagements associated with the DBT-CBT Workbook.

She resides in West Texas with her husband, two teens, horses, and a large pack of “family dogs.” Most of her leisure time is spent with her family and pets.