Our Team
Laura Byler, MS, LPC, NCC
DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™
Laura Byler, MS, LPC, NCC specializes in the delivery of Dialectical Behavior Therapy to treat disorders of emotion regulation, primarily Borderline Personality Disorder. During her ten years of practice in an agency setting, Laura recognized a deficit in available treatments for BPD and began her journey into learning DBT. Laura formed a DBT peer consultation team and developed adult and teen DBT programs within the agency setting. Laura continues to serve as the leader of her consultation team and now practices at Tulsa Dialectical Behavior Therapy, LLC, the group private practice she founded. As an LPC-candidate supervisor, she is committed to advancing the capabilities and training of other therapists in the adherent application of DBT. She is dually licensed in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Laura received her undergraduate and graduate education from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She is recognized as a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™.
Laura is a wife, dog-mom of three, loves to travel and dabbles in home decorating. An Arkansas native, Laura now resides in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Education and Training
2021 DBT Substance-Use Disorder Training (trainer: Linda Dimeff, PhD)
2019 DBT Advanced Intensive Training (trainers: Kelly Koerner, PhD and Charles Swenson, PhD)
2019 DBT for Couples and Families (trainer: Alan Fruzzetti, PhD)
2018 Intensive Training in the DBT-Prolonged Exposure Protocol (trainer: Melanie Harned, PhD)
2017 Intensive Training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (trainer: Cedar Koons, LCSW)
2007 MS in Counseling, University of Arkansas
2002 BA in Psychology, University of Arkansas.
Licensure and Certification
Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor, Oklahoma (license number: 6184)
Licensed Professional Counselor, Arkansas (license number: P1106041)
National Board for Certified Counselors, Board Certified Counselor
DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™
Keelie Hamm, MA, LPC-C
Keelie knew right away that DBT was the treatment of choice for herself as a therapist and in her work with her clients. After studying DBT as a graduate student, she joined Tulsa DBT to begin her practice. She is particularly skilled in working with trauma using Prolonged Exposure. She also enjoys working with teens and leads our teen DBT program. Keelie is a wife, mother of two and proud owner of a pet duck.
Megan Smalley, LCSW
Megan originally planned to begin her career in foster care/child advocacy until her experiences with marginalized populations changed her course. Within a community mental health setting in Virginia, she worked closely with families to help keep teens out of inpatient hospitals. Her passion for helping high-risk populations sharpened when she moved back to Oklahoma and worked in crisis intervention. Her desire to help this population, to represent them, and her belief in their recovery led her to utilize DBT as the vehicle to most effectively reach these goals.
Megan’s values include equality and social justice, ethics and education, compassion and community. She is a Wahzhazhe tribal member, loves the beach and live music, and has a cat with a handlebar moustache named Texas.
Training and Education
2021 DBT Family Interventions in a Crisis and Beyond (trainer: Alan Fruzzetti, PhD)
2021 DBT Substance-Use Disorder Training (trainer: Linda Dimeff, PhD)
2020 DBT Foundational Training (trainers: Tony DuBose and Vibh Forsythe)
2014 MSW Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2008 BSW Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA