Now Providing DBT treatment to adults and Teens!
Now Providing DBT treatment to adults and Teens!
We understand that finding the right therapy for yourself or your teen can be confusing.
Take a look around and learn about DBT.
We're available to answer questions and discuss if this is the right treatment for your needs.
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.
In DBT treatment, "dialectics" is the concept that two things that seem opposite to each other can both be true at the same time.
Dialectics means looking at life as a "both/and" instead of "either/or".
Some examples:
My parent caused me a lot of trauma growing up and I really want them to love and approve of me.
I'm doing the best I can in life and I need to do better.
DBT consists of the 4 components described below. Decades of research data demonstrate positive outcomes from this treatment model. We refer to this as "comprehensive DBT".
If a treatment provides some of these, but not all, it is considered "DBT-informed". It is not the evidence-based treatment for life-threatening behaviors (suicide, self-harm).
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.
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.
The TIPP skill! TIPP is used to change an individual's body chemistry when experiencing intense distress (and might have urges for self-harm, suicide, or substances).
T: temperature (splash ice cold water on the face, hold ice packs to face)
I: intense exercise (short bursts of intensive movement, like climbing stairs or doing burpees, 5-10 minutes)
P: paced breathing (slowing down the breath, ie. square breathing)
P: progressive muscle relaxation (tensing and relaxing muscles from head to toe)
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