01 / Our services
Individual Therapy
Clients meet weekly with their primary therapist. Each session follows an agenda, developed together at the start of every session and guided by your identified goals for a life worth living.
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Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Teens and Adults
- DBT for Teens and Adults
- Missoula, Montana
- Specializes in DBT
We are insurance-friendly:
- Medicaid (Healthy Montana Kids Plus)
- Healthy Montana Kids
- BCBS
- Aetna
- Allegiance
- Cigna
- InterWest
- First Choice Health
- Mountain Health Co-op
- Missoula County Employee Benefits
- Pacific Source
- Medicare
- United Health Care
- Optum
Montana DBT Associates
Goals of DBT treatment
Skillful Behavior
We aim to enhance our clients' capabilities in life by increasing their skillful behavior.
Motivation to Change
We are focused on improving and maintaining clients' motivation to change and to engage with therapy.
Integration
We believe that new skills have to be practiced beyond the walls of the therapy office.
Therefore, treatment focuses on practicing and integrating new skills outside of sessions.
Family Environment
For our teen clients, we understand that a child and the family system are continuously influencing the other.
As the child changes, the family must also change and adapt to support effective behavior.
Your next step
Getting started with DBT and counseling is simple
Reach out
Click Schedule Appointment to get in touch with our intake team.
Find your fit
Our intake team will call to discuss your options and find the right fit for you.
Begin your care
Experience the joy of healing and growth.
Our services
Support for the work you’re doing
Comprehensive DBT Treatment for Adults and Adolescents
02 / Our services
DBT Skills Training Groups
We cultivate a group environment where clients can learn and practice new skills among their peers, following the evidence-based curriculum developed by Marsha Linehan, PhD, and led by two DBT clinicians.
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03 / Our services
Parent & Family Therapy
Individualized parent and/or family sessions to provide help with problem-solving, skill development, and strengthening connections.
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Contact between sessions, as needed, between client and therapist to assist with practicing skills.
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3–4 families, where teens and their parents learn skills alongside each other and with other families.
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Our services
Comprehensive DBT Treatment for Adults and Adolescents
Clients should plan for treatment to last 12 months. Treatment includes all of the services described below.
- Weekly individual sessions
- DBT skills training
- Phone coaching
- DBT consultation team for the therapist
Rates & insurance
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Most major insurances accepted
- Medicaid (Healthy Montana Kids Plus)
- Healthy Montana Kids
- BCBS
- Aetna
- Allegiance
- Cigna
Published session rates
- Intake sessionup to 90 minutes
- $250
- Individual sessions55 minutes
- $200
- Skills training group (adult)120 minutes
- $75
Kindness. Connection. Care.
“She is kind and compassionate but not afraid to bring up uncomfortable topics I need to deal with.”
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Montana DBT Associates
A few questions you may have
What is DBT?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy is an evidence-based treatment for individuals struggling with suicidal thoughts and behaviors and self-harm behaviors.
DBT focuses on building a "life worth living" and does this through developing effective skills in the following areas: Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness, and Distress Tolerance.
What makes this DBT treatment different?
DBT is more structured than traditional talk therapy and highly focused on individualized goals and skill development. Comprehensive DBT includes all 4 components described below, and decades of research show positive outcomes from this full model.
Some counselors have DBT training but don't offer the full model to fidelity; that is "DBT-informed," not the evidence-based treatment for life-threatening behaviors (suicide, self-harm).
Our program is directed by Annie Florin, LCSW, DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™. Annie is the only DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™ in Montana, and we are the only practice offering comprehensive DBT to fidelity in the state and region.
What does comprehensive DBT treatment consist of?
There are 4 components that make up full DBT:
1. Weekly individual Sessions
2. DBT Skills Training
3. Phone coaching
4. DBT consultation team for the therapist
The role of the consultation team is to ensure therapists are providing the treatment to fidelity. The team also serves to reinforce and motivate therapists to remain empathic, non-judgemental, and objective in working with their clients.
Do you accept insurance?
We accept most major insurances, including Medicaid (Healthy Montana Kids Plus), Healthy Montana Kids, BCBS, Aetna, Allegiance, Cigna, InterWest, First Choice Health, Mountain Health Co-op, Missoula County Employee Benefits, Pacific Source, Medicare, United Health Care, and Optum.
What are your session rates?
Intake session: $250 (up to 90 minutes)
Individual sessions: $200 (55 minutes)
Family sessions: $200 (55 minutes)
Skills training group (teen): $75 (120 minutes)
Multifamily skills training group: $75 (120 minutes)
Does it work?
It does! DBT is considered the gold standard for treating suicidality, self-harm, and chronic emotional and behavioral dysregulation.
You can find a wealth of information about peer-reviewed clinical research here.
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