Dr. Sara E. Ratliff, DBH, LCSW, C-DBT, CCTP

Dr. Sara E. Ratliff, DBH, LCSW, C-DBT, CCTP is a bilingual Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 16 years of experience helping individuals, couples, and families thrive. She earned her Doctorate in Behavioral Health from Arizona State University and her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Southern California, with a focus on children and families. Dr. Ratliff holds unrestricted clinical licenses in Illinois, Arizona, and Maryland. Her career has spanned diverse settings—from supporting individuals overcoming substance use and reentry challenges in Arizona, to guiding children and families through adoption programs overseas, to over a decade of dedicated service to Active Duty members, retirees, and their families. She specializes in family systems, relationships, stress management, trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and personal growth. Dr. Ratliff is certified in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), EMDR, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT), CBT for Insomnia (CBT-I), CBT for Pain, and several relationship and suicide-prevention programs. She integrates these methods into a holistic, individualized approach that considers biological, psychological, social, and spiritual well-being. Warm, open, and down-to-earth, Dr. Ratliff combines compassion with practical feedback to help clients heal from trauma, build self-worth, strengthen relationships, and achieve their goals. A native Spanish speaker, she continues to dedicate much of her practice to serving multicultural communities and military personnel, both in the U.S. and abroad.