Ryan Lindsay
Professor of Practice
Contact
Phone: 314-935-4469
Email: rlindsay@wustl.edu
Education
MSW, University of Michigan
Areas of Focus
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Prolonged Exposure Therapy
Cultural adaptations and implementation of evidence-based treatments
Competency development of mental health professionals
Assessing, Intervening, and Managing Suicide in Schools/School Suicide Prevention Policies
Biography
Ryan Lindsay’s career has focused on training new and experienced providers in various evidence-based treatments, consulting with organizations on how to implement evidence-based programs, and aiding organizations in program development utilizing evidence-based principles.
At the Brown School, he chairs, teaches and advises students within the Mental Health concentration in the Master of Social Work program. Lindsay completed a post-master’s fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry and Social Work within the University of Michigan Health System. As a result, he developed specialties in several evidence-based treatments. Currently, he is a Certified Dialectical Behavior Therapist by the Linehan Board of Certification, an expert in the application of Prolonged Exposure Therapy for complicated PTSD, and a trainer in Motivational Interviewing.
Lindsay’s early experience working in both the public and private sectors sparked a desire to increase community access to evidence-based treatments and programs. In 2009, Lindsay co-founded Sparlin Mental Health to bring high quality, evidence-based, and trauma-informed services to the St. Louis region.
In Brown School News
AI-powered platform aims to transform social work training
August 7, 2025
Lindsay honored for statewide suicide prevention work
July 27, 2025
Brown School faculty join national effort to advance psychedelic therapy education
July 16, 2025
Brown School Initiative Recruits Volunteers to Monitor Polls
November 13, 2020