What ages do you do Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for at the Center for CBT? 

Teens, Young Adults, and Adults

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What is the most effective treatment for dealing with Intense Emotions?

 

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a highly effective treatment program designed for individuals who struggle with any of the following: 

  • Strong emotional reactions -  feeling intensely sad, anxious, guilty, irritated, etc.

  • Feelings of emptiness, numbness, or disconnection

  • Difficulties in relationships 

  • Unsure sense of who they are

  • Risky or impulsive behaviors to manage emotions

  • Substance use

  • Suicidality

  • Self-harm

  • Trauma

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Borderline Personality Disorder

 

What does the DBT treatment at the Center for CBT process entail?

 

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy at the Center for CBT includes individual (one on one with the therapist) and/or group therapy (Weekly DBT Skills Training Group).  Our DBT expert will be able to provide a recommendation regarding which format (individual and/or group) will be most effective and appropriate for each patient. 

• Weekly Individual Therapy

  • Individual DBT therapy takes a validating, collaborative, and structured approach to help clients improve their lives and create a valued life that they feel is worth living. Therapy involves identifying goals for change, generating solution strategies, applying DBT skills, and improving decision making abilities.

  • ​Individual DBT therapy is typically done weekly for 60 minutes. 

• Weekly DBT Skills Training Group - A structured, interactive, and class-like group experience that teaches concrete strategies in the following areas:​

  • Emotion Regulation- Behavioral and cognitive techniques to manage overwhelming emotions and vulnerability to having strong emotional reactions

  • Distress Tolerance- How to get through difficult moments or crises without acting impulsively or causing harm

  • Interpersonal Effectiveness– Improve and effectively manage relationships (family, friends, peers, teachers, coworkers, etc.)

  • Walking the Middle Path (teens/young adults)– Balance extreme thinking and manage conflict in families

  • Mindfulness- Increase awareness and clarity without judging our experience

• ​DBT skills training group meets weekly for 60-90 minutes, for approximately 20 weeks. It is open to Teens, Young Adults, and Adults. There is no expectation for group members to share personal or uncomfortable information.