ABOUT DBT

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an empirically supported and comprehensive treatment that integrates cognitive behavioral therapy with a mindfulness and acceptance approach. The treatment is tailored to help individuals and families manage emotion dysregulation more effectively with the ultimate goal of improving the individual’s and family’s quality of life. Four areas of skills are taught and addressed when working on the above issues: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness skills.

GOALS OF DBT

• Learn to identify and manage difficult and painful emotions, thereby, decreasing life-threatening or harmful
  behavior in response to intense emotions
• Improve and develop positive relationships through more effective communication skills and enhanced self-respect
• Learn problem-solving strategies when faced with difficult situations and conflict while also managing intense emotions
• Control your attention and behavior through mindfulness skills
• Enhance your quality of life and cultivate a life worth living

WHAT DOES TREATMENT INVOLVE?

DBT is a comprehensive treatment that includes the following components:

• Individual Therapy
  Clients attend weekly appointments that focus on decreasing harmful behaviors and increasing effective coping
  skills to regulate emotion and behavior.
• Skills Group
  Each week, clients attend a 1.5 hour group session to learn and practice skills of Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance,
  Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness, and Middle Path Skills.
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• Phone Coaching
  Coaching is available for clients who are in crisis situations to apply skills through coaching from his/her individual
  therapist in between scheduled sessions.
• DBT Team Consultation
  The clinicians on our team meet on weekly basis for team consultation. By practicing coordination care, we ensure that our
  clients are receiving the most effective and appropriate treatment needed to reach their goals.
• Family Skills Group
  This consists of five to six week sessions in which families are invited to learn about the skills in order to utilize
  and reinforce in the home or within their relationship with the client. Education about the emotional and behavioral
  difficulties is also provided.
• Family Connections
  Family Connections is a 12-week course that meets weekly to provide education, skills training, and support for people
  who are in a relationship with someone who has Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
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