Meet Dr. Elaine Dilbeck, LPC CTSS CFTP CPCS

Blue Ridge Mountains News new Contributing Editor

Dr. Dilbeck received her BA in Psychology from Piedmont College in Demorest GA -1995; MA from the Pentecostal Seminary in Cleveland, TN - 1999;

EdD in Counseling Psychology from Argosy University in Sarasota FL – 2013, completing a post-doctoral certificate in Clinical Foundations of Trauma.

A Licensed Professional Counselor with the state of GA and a Certified Clinical Supervisor with the LPCA. Dr. Dilbeck is also certified as a Trauma Service Specialist and a Trauma Family Professional. For over 10 years she has worked in the mental health field and currently has over 100 hours of training in trauma and PTSD. Dr. Dilbeck has been a presenter at nine conferences on trauma/PTSD.

Active in her field, Dr. Dilbeck holds training and workshops on PTSD/ trauma; teaching other mental health professionals how to recognize and treat trauma as well as Law Enforcement on mental health and crisis intervention. She is approved by the State Bar of Georgia as CE provider for attorneys and judges.

In 2019, Dr. Dilbeck starred in and assisted The Learning Channel (TLC) on Taken at Birth, a TLC documentary that aired October 9-11, 2019.

She is the author of two best-selling books and in the process of writing three more!