Dialectical Behavior (DBT) Therapists in 10025
Aura-Maria Morales
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
New York, NY 10025 (Online Only)
I have training in psychodynamic psychotherapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPT for PTSD), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I).
I center culture and the intersectionality of your identities in my work as a therapist. I was trained psychodynamically, which means that I pay close attention to unconscious processes guiding your behavior. I offer insight into these dynamics to help you move forward with your life goals. My clinical interventions are also grounded in efforts to challenge the ways in which you may be affected by systems of oppression.
I have training in psychodynamic psychotherapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPT for PTSD), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I).
I center culture and the intersectionality of your identities in my work as a therapist. I was trained psychodynamically, which means that I pay close attention to unconscious processes guiding your behavior. I offer insight into these dynamics to help you move forward with your life goals. My clinical interventions are also grounded in efforts to challenge the ways in which you may be affected by systems of oppression.
Anthony P DeMaria
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
New York, NY 10025 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I employ a variety of evidence based approaches and techniques, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and Mindfulness/Mentalization based practices.
Psychotherapy is an endeavor that many people seek to improve the overall quality of their lives. Whether one is experiencing conflict within relationships, difficulties coping with stress, a specific life problem, or acute symptoms, the insights, skills and increased awareness that come from psychotherapy can be invaluable. I work with patients to help create and maintain satisfying relationships, decrease emotional distress, develop healthy and effective coping strategies, cultivate self esteem and healthy self image, and increase satisfaction with life.
I employ a variety of evidence based approaches and techniques, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and Mindfulness/Mentalization based practices.
Psychotherapy is an endeavor that many people seek to improve the overall quality of their lives. Whether one is experiencing conflict within relationships, difficulties coping with stress, a specific life problem, or acute symptoms, the insights, skills and increased awareness that come from psychotherapy can be invaluable. I work with patients to help create and maintain satisfying relationships, decrease emotional distress, develop healthy and effective coping strategies, cultivate self esteem and healthy self image, and increase satisfaction with life.
Wendy Belice
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, MHC-LP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New York, NY 10025
I integrate techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Motivational Interviewing, ensuring a therapy experience.
Hello, I'm Wendy Belice, committed to guiding you towards mental and emotional well-being. With a Bachelor's in Psychology and a Master's in Mental Health Counseling, I offer more than therapy; I'm your partner in personal growth Customized Therapeutic Approach: My practice values your individuality. Whether facing depression, anxiety, self-esteem, or relationship challenges, I use a blend of CBT, ACT, DBT, and Motivational Interviewing for a unique therapy experience. A Respectful and Understanding Environment: In our sessions, you're a valued individual, where every voice is heard.
I integrate techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Motivational Interviewing, ensuring a therapy experience.
Hello, I'm Wendy Belice, committed to guiding you towards mental and emotional well-being. With a Bachelor's in Psychology and a Master's in Mental Health Counseling, I offer more than therapy; I'm your partner in personal growth Customized Therapeutic Approach: My practice values your individuality. Whether facing depression, anxiety, self-esteem, or relationship challenges, I use a blend of CBT, ACT, DBT, and Motivational Interviewing for a unique therapy experience. A Respectful and Understanding Environment: In our sessions, you're a valued individual, where every voice is heard.
Aimee Redisch
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10025 (Online Only)
I utilize a combination of evidence-based modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and mindfulness.
It takes courage and strength to reach out for therapy. Everyone’s journey to wellness is unique. I am here to support you in navigating life’s challenges. I specialize in empowering young and Mid-life adults to increase self-esteem and motivation to create positive change. I help clients learn and utilize coping strategies to manage anxiety, depression, and stress related to life transitions, past traumas, and relationship struggles.
I utilize a combination of evidence-based modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and mindfulness.
It takes courage and strength to reach out for therapy. Everyone’s journey to wellness is unique. I am here to support you in navigating life’s challenges. I specialize in empowering young and Mid-life adults to increase self-esteem and motivation to create positive change. I help clients learn and utilize coping strategies to manage anxiety, depression, and stress related to life transitions, past traumas, and relationship struggles.
Aliza Boim
Pre-Licensed Professional, PsyD
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10025
I understand the choice to be vulnerable with a stranger is not easy and I appreciate that it takes time to build trust. I am warm and nonjudgmental. I want you to feel safe and understood. I practice individual and group therapy with clients ranging in age from adolescence to geriatrics. I have an integrative approach, drawing from different therapeutic styles so that I can meet your unique needs and goals. Those styles include psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and mindfulness-based therapy grounded in dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT).
I understand the choice to be vulnerable with a stranger is not easy and I appreciate that it takes time to build trust. I am warm and nonjudgmental. I want you to feel safe and understood. I practice individual and group therapy with clients ranging in age from adolescence to geriatrics. I have an integrative approach, drawing from different therapeutic styles so that I can meet your unique needs and goals. Those styles include psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and mindfulness-based therapy grounded in dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT).
Dr. Amber Belcher
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New York, NY 10025 (Online Only)
Have you noticed that you have been feeling stuck, overwhelmed by your emotions, or preoccupied by certain thoughts? Often psychological pain has more to do with how we fight and judge our thoughts and feelings, and we end up in an exhausting internal struggle that we cannot win. I will work with you to explore this struggle, gain distance from it, and learn strategies to reduce its influence on your life. I have an active, warm and non-judgmental style. My work integrates Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), with motivational enhancement directly at the core.
Have you noticed that you have been feeling stuck, overwhelmed by your emotions, or preoccupied by certain thoughts? Often psychological pain has more to do with how we fight and judge our thoughts and feelings, and we end up in an exhausting internal struggle that we cannot win. I will work with you to explore this struggle, gain distance from it, and learn strategies to reduce its influence on your life. I have an active, warm and non-judgmental style. My work integrates Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), with motivational enhancement directly at the core.
Liora Bensoussan
Pre-Licensed Professional, PsyD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New York, NY 10025
I draw from cognitive-behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and dialectical behavioral therapy but also integrate a relational style.
If you are looking for help, it likely means you've been struggling for quite some time. Whether you are navigating relationship or sexual difficulties, anxiety, trauma, or depression, the experience of being in pain can be an isolating and lonely space. My approach to therapy is rooted in compassion, acceptance, and self-exploration to facilitate your pursuit of a life of fulfillment and meaning. I strive to work collaboratively as a team in your journey and see the therapeutic relationship as the most powerful tool to create safety in this process. I am fluent in both English and French.
I draw from cognitive-behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and dialectical behavioral therapy but also integrate a relational style.
If you are looking for help, it likely means you've been struggling for quite some time. Whether you are navigating relationship or sexual difficulties, anxiety, trauma, or depression, the experience of being in pain can be an isolating and lonely space. My approach to therapy is rooted in compassion, acceptance, and self-exploration to facilitate your pursuit of a life of fulfillment and meaning. I strive to work collaboratively as a team in your journey and see the therapeutic relationship as the most powerful tool to create safety in this process. I am fluent in both English and French.
Lucía García-Giurgiu
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, LCSW
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10025
My main treatment modalities include Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
Do you want to lead a more meaningful life and feel empowered? Do you feel like you are not reaching your full potential? Whether you do or don’t know what stands in your way, together we can solve these frustrations and more. I will support you in a journey of self-discovery, and help you transform the inevitable challenges you encounter in life into opportunities for growth.
My main treatment modalities include Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
Do you want to lead a more meaningful life and feel empowered? Do you feel like you are not reaching your full potential? Whether you do or don’t know what stands in your way, together we can solve these frustrations and more. I will support you in a journey of self-discovery, and help you transform the inevitable challenges you encounter in life into opportunities for growth.
Kate Napolitano
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, LCSW
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10025 (Online Only)
Clinically, I'm trained in modalities like CBT, DBT, creative therapies, and more.
Hi, I'm Kate! I'm an LCSW based in NYC and the lower Hudson Valley. Right now, I provide several telehealth-only services: counseling, life coaching, dating/sex coaching, and general psychotherapy. I have an MA in Human Sexuality from NYU, and a masters in Social Work from Fordham University, and ten years' clinical experience. I work with young adults, and adults, helping them with a variety of issues. However, my areas of focus include: sexuality, relationships, trans/nonbinary/gender identity issues; kink/poly/alt-lifestyle concerns. Coaching for artists & writers; career coaching, and weight management, bariatric surgery issues.
Clinically, I'm trained in modalities like CBT, DBT, creative therapies, and more.
Hi, I'm Kate! I'm an LCSW based in NYC and the lower Hudson Valley. Right now, I provide several telehealth-only services: counseling, life coaching, dating/sex coaching, and general psychotherapy. I have an MA in Human Sexuality from NYU, and a masters in Social Work from Fordham University, and ten years' clinical experience. I work with young adults, and adults, helping them with a variety of issues. However, my areas of focus include: sexuality, relationships, trans/nonbinary/gender identity issues; kink/poly/alt-lifestyle concerns. Coaching for artists & writers; career coaching, and weight management, bariatric surgery issues.
Anna Resnikoff
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, SIFI
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10025 (Online Only)
Through my education and training I have learned to help individuals, couples and families move from a place of self-doubt, depression, anxiety, and shame toward self-actualization and greater authenticity so they may feel truly comfortable (and powerful) in their own skin through the use of CBT, DBT, and Family Systems Therapy.
Sometimes it feels like the world conspires against our authenticity. We often face pressure to be someone we’re not, or to paper over our complex identities for others’ comfort and ease of understanding. I was born in Austin, Texas to a Caucasian mother and African-American father before I was adopted by my Jewish parents at 2 days old. I faced judgement and pressure to choose binary race and class identities, whether they suited me or not. Navigating these pressures helped me deepen my empathy for others, my curiosity about other people, and a sensitivity to anyone who feels unheard, disregarded, or misunderstood.
Through my education and training I have learned to help individuals, couples and families move from a place of self-doubt, depression, anxiety, and shame toward self-actualization and greater authenticity so they may feel truly comfortable (and powerful) in their own skin through the use of CBT, DBT, and Family Systems Therapy.
Sometimes it feels like the world conspires against our authenticity. We often face pressure to be someone we’re not, or to paper over our complex identities for others’ comfort and ease of understanding. I was born in Austin, Texas to a Caucasian mother and African-American father before I was adopted by my Jewish parents at 2 days old. I faced judgement and pressure to choose binary race and class identities, whether they suited me or not. Navigating these pressures helped me deepen my empathy for others, my curiosity about other people, and a sensitivity to anyone who feels unheard, disregarded, or misunderstood.
Rosalie Baldwin Amy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10025
I work with children, adolescents and adults using various evidenced-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
Are you struggling with anxiety, frequent sadness, or trauma symptoms? Would you like support around managing relationship challenges, loneliness, or uncertainty about your future? Are you unsure how to handle your child’s recent mood or behavior changes? If so, working with a therapist can help you find relief. Together we can explore new ways to cope with painful emotions, set your child up for success, manage life transitions, accomplish value-based goals, foster meaningful relationships and gain insight into what may be contributing to your long-standing concerns.
I work with children, adolescents and adults using various evidenced-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
Are you struggling with anxiety, frequent sadness, or trauma symptoms? Would you like support around managing relationship challenges, loneliness, or uncertainty about your future? Are you unsure how to handle your child’s recent mood or behavior changes? If so, working with a therapist can help you find relief. Together we can explore new ways to cope with painful emotions, set your child up for success, manage life transitions, accomplish value-based goals, foster meaningful relationships and gain insight into what may be contributing to your long-standing concerns.
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Rachel Parodneck
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CGP
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10025 (Online Only)
I utilize an eclectic style, incorporating CBT, DBT, and other evidence-based treatment methods to help you move forward in your life in a way that is right for you.
I believe that the foundation of effective therapy is the therapeutic relationship between a therapist and a client. Without that, there is no way for trust to be built and no progress to be made. I specialize in treating adults who are struggling with mental health issues such as depression and anxiety, addiction, and those experiencing infertility. I work with individuals and run groups. I know that change is not easy. I am dedicated to helping my clients create the life they've always wanted, and living it to their full potential!
I utilize an eclectic style, incorporating CBT, DBT, and other evidence-based treatment methods to help you move forward in your life in a way that is right for you.
I believe that the foundation of effective therapy is the therapeutic relationship between a therapist and a client. Without that, there is no way for trust to be built and no progress to be made. I specialize in treating adults who are struggling with mental health issues such as depression and anxiety, addiction, and those experiencing infertility. I work with individuals and run groups. I know that change is not easy. I am dedicated to helping my clients create the life they've always wanted, and living it to their full potential!
Kathryn Bruning
Counselor, MS, LMHC
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10025 (Online Only)
I help my clients improve and repair relationships, alleviate stress and anxiety, identify and challenge maladaptive thoughts and behaviors, and ultimately find the inner strength to live their best lives. Understanding that our experiences aren’t just held in memories to be processed or discarded, I integrate psychodynamic, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Positive Psychology and Strength Based, Feminist Therapy models to provide the space for clients to transform.
I help my clients improve and repair relationships, alleviate stress and anxiety, identify and challenge maladaptive thoughts and behaviors, and ultimately find the inner strength to live their best lives. Understanding that our experiences aren’t just held in memories to be processed or discarded, I integrate psychodynamic, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Positive Psychology and Strength Based, Feminist Therapy models to provide the space for clients to transform.
Danelle Givner
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10025
I believe that everyone has the capacity for growth and transformation and I create a safe and supportive environment where you can openly discuss your concerns and we can identify ways to enact positive change and enhance your inner strengths. I utilize a client centered, strengths-based approach in my work with individuals and couples in order to promote and support health and peace. I work with trauma, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, family and relationship issues. I have postgraduate training in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and utilize this along with traditional psychotherapy.
I believe that everyone has the capacity for growth and transformation and I create a safe and supportive environment where you can openly discuss your concerns and we can identify ways to enact positive change and enhance your inner strengths. I utilize a client centered, strengths-based approach in my work with individuals and couples in order to promote and support health and peace. I work with trauma, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, family and relationship issues. I have postgraduate training in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and utilize this along with traditional psychotherapy.
Yaakov Abramovitz
PsyD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New York, NY 10025
My approach is rooted in cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy.
If you’re looking for help, there is a good chance that you've felt overwhelmed by your thoughts and feelings, or felt lost in your relationships or life itself. I collaborate with each individual and couple, helping them feel understood and seen, rather than jumping to any quick-fix solutions. Using principles and skills drawn from both skills based and compassion focused approaches, I strive to help clients learn more about their underlying values, sense of self, and patterns that have played out in their lives. Through this process, we work collaboratively to develop the skills and insight to move towards fulfillment and purpose.
My approach is rooted in cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy.
If you’re looking for help, there is a good chance that you've felt overwhelmed by your thoughts and feelings, or felt lost in your relationships or life itself. I collaborate with each individual and couple, helping them feel understood and seen, rather than jumping to any quick-fix solutions. Using principles and skills drawn from both skills based and compassion focused approaches, I strive to help clients learn more about their underlying values, sense of self, and patterns that have played out in their lives. Through this process, we work collaboratively to develop the skills and insight to move towards fulfillment and purpose.
Dr. Batya Weinstein
Limited Licensed Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New York, NY 10025
I specialize in working with individuals who struggle with issues related to identity, relationships, and emotion regulation, employing both Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Transference Focused Psychotherapy.
The prospect of disclosing your thoughts, feelings, and experiences to a stranger can feel daunting. Will this therapist judge or accept me? Will I like this person? Will they get me? Can I trust them? These fears and uncertainties about initiating a relationship, are usually not isolated experiences. Feelings of ambivalence can permeate all kinds of relationships. Though, it is precisely through the therapeutic relationship-where laws of social convention are suspended and where you are encouraged to say everything that is on your mind-that you can begin to process and explore these questions and feelings.
I specialize in working with individuals who struggle with issues related to identity, relationships, and emotion regulation, employing both Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Transference Focused Psychotherapy.
The prospect of disclosing your thoughts, feelings, and experiences to a stranger can feel daunting. Will this therapist judge or accept me? Will I like this person? Will they get me? Can I trust them? These fears and uncertainties about initiating a relationship, are usually not isolated experiences. Feelings of ambivalence can permeate all kinds of relationships. Though, it is precisely through the therapeutic relationship-where laws of social convention are suspended and where you are encouraged to say everything that is on your mind-that you can begin to process and explore these questions and feelings.
Evolution Trauma and Wellness, LLC
PhD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New York, NY 10025
Our clinicians are experts in the field, training directly with Marsha Linehan and Marylene Cloitre, the creators of DBT and STAIR-NT, respectively.
You deserve to live your very best life. At Evolution Trauma and Wellness, you and your clinician will work together to develop a therapy plan for your specific goals. Our providers bring their many years of clinical experience to tailor evidence-based interventions specifically for you. We believe in empowering you to live life according to your values and goals, liberating you from avoidance, dysregulated emotions, or being stuck in the past.
Our clinicians are experts in the field, training directly with Marsha Linehan and Marylene Cloitre, the creators of DBT and STAIR-NT, respectively.
You deserve to live your very best life. At Evolution Trauma and Wellness, you and your clinician will work together to develop a therapy plan for your specific goals. Our providers bring their many years of clinical experience to tailor evidence-based interventions specifically for you. We believe in empowering you to live life according to your values and goals, liberating you from avoidance, dysregulated emotions, or being stuck in the past.
Melissa Backus
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10025 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
My approach is a laid-back style that addresses your goals and draws from various techniques such as CBT, DBT, and mindfulness-based practices.
Have you noticed spiraling thoughts, irritable mood, or trouble in relationships? Do mundane tasks feel exhausting? Do you have goals you want to accomplish, but feel you are hitting a wall? When managing life's challenges, it is easy to feel overwhelmed and lost. Whether you're a child, teenager or adult, I am here to support you and address the obstacles that are standing in your way.
My approach is a laid-back style that addresses your goals and draws from various techniques such as CBT, DBT, and mindfulness-based practices.
Have you noticed spiraling thoughts, irritable mood, or trouble in relationships? Do mundane tasks feel exhausting? Do you have goals you want to accomplish, but feel you are hitting a wall? When managing life's challenges, it is easy to feel overwhelmed and lost. Whether you're a child, teenager or adult, I am here to support you and address the obstacles that are standing in your way.
S. Aoife West
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10025
I work in a flexible, broad-based manner, often layering DBT techniques for affect regulation and interpersonal skills with CBT skills for problem solving over a relational psychodynamic (insight-oriented) approach.
I collaborate with my clients to help them find a better understanding of themselves. The process may include exploring how they have arrived at where they find themselves in life; how patterns in their relationships with the important people in their lives have developed and are sustained; how emotions and emotion-laden expectations may limit possibilities; how the therapeutic relationship can provide support, insight, improve coping skills and relationships with others, expand opportunities, improve performance, and increase satisfaction.
I work in a flexible, broad-based manner, often layering DBT techniques for affect regulation and interpersonal skills with CBT skills for problem solving over a relational psychodynamic (insight-oriented) approach.
I collaborate with my clients to help them find a better understanding of themselves. The process may include exploring how they have arrived at where they find themselves in life; how patterns in their relationships with the important people in their lives have developed and are sustained; how emotions and emotion-laden expectations may limit possibilities; how the therapeutic relationship can provide support, insight, improve coping skills and relationships with others, expand opportunities, improve performance, and increase satisfaction.
Miriam Weinberg
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New York, NY 10025 (Online Only)
I am a clinical psychologist (licensed in NY, NJ, and PA) who utilizes a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) framework to help individuals become more aware of their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors contributing toward psychological struggles in their lives. I help clients gain more awareness of their internal experiences, such as thought and emotional patterns, so they can accept, change, and ease their experienced pain. Additionally, I help individuals explore their behaviors and relationships, so they can create life changes in line with their short/long term goals/values.
I am a clinical psychologist (licensed in NY, NJ, and PA) who utilizes a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) framework to help individuals become more aware of their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors contributing toward psychological struggles in their lives. I help clients gain more awareness of their internal experiences, such as thought and emotional patterns, so they can accept, change, and ease their experienced pain. Additionally, I help individuals explore their behaviors and relationships, so they can create life changes in line with their short/long term goals/values.
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Dialectical Behavior (DBT) Therapists
Who is DBT for?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is designed for people who experience extreme emotional suffering because they lack the skills of emotion regulation and distress tolerance. The basic affliction can underlie a wide range of conditions, from borderline and other personality disorders to PTSD and treatment-resistant anxiety and depression. The therapy is helpful to those whose emotional reactivity is so intense it is disruptive to everyday functioning and leads to frequent crises.
Why do people need DBT?
The ability to regulate emotions is a core psychological skill that enables people to function in life and pay attention to the world outside themselves; it is consistently associated with well-being. DBT is designed to help people learn how to manage and regulate their emotions. Originally developed to treat people with borderline personality disorder whose extreme emotional suffering led to self-harming behavior and suicide attempts, the therapy is now applied to other conditions involving emotion dysregulation, particularly when other treatments have failed.
What happens in DBT?
Individuals meet weekly with their therapist to discuss their experiences relating to moods, behavior, and skills. Using checklists they maintain, they review emotional experiences and positive practices they engage in. The diaries help individuals discern what led up to a specific problem encountered, this is followed by discussion of the consequences of their actions. In addition, individuals may meet in class-like small groups to learn skills such as mindfulness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
How long does DBT last?
Because it is intended to establish long-lasting behavioral change among those with persistent problems, DBT is designed to last six months to a year. DBT includes both weekly sessions of individual therapy and weekly skills-training sessions conducted in small groups. Studies of DBT have documented improvement within a year of treatment, particularly in controlling self-harmful behavior; nevertheless, individuals may require therapy for several years.