Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

I appreciate DBT because it gives us direct tools we can use on a daily basis to challenge ineffective urges. I also love the mindfulness associated with DBT. I believe that the first step towards change is recognition of the barrier / problem.

I have received additional training after my doctorate in Behavioral Health from Arizona State University to utilize DBT techniques.

I have been trained in DBT and use it with my clients who need to focus on skills to increase their tolerance to the therapy work. Most clients struggle in some capacity with feeling their emotions, interacting in relationships, and tolerating distressing situations. DBT skills can help lay a foundation to address these issues.

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a modified type of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Its main goals are to teach people how to live in the moment, develop healthy ways to cope with stress, regulate their emotions, and improve their relationships with others. DBT was originally intended to treat borderline personality disorder (BPD), but it has been adapted to treat other mental health conditions.

I incorporate DBT techniques into my treatment. DBT teaches clients how to live in the moment, cope with distress, regulate their emotions, and improve relationships with others. DBT has four modules: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness.

Certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (C-DBT)

I offer DBT to help with emotional regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, mindfulness, and distress tolerance.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy designed to help individuals manage intense emotions, improve interpersonal relationships, and develop coping skills. It combines techniques such as mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness to promote emotional stability and overall well-being.

I have extensive training and experience in DBT. In my private practice, I do not take on individuals who need a formal DBT program as that would be unethical as a solo practitioner. I do heavily use my DBT workbooks to pull helpful worksheets that aid in teaching various healthy life skills

I utilize Dialectical Behavioral Therapy in my work with children and adolescence to support them with developing resiliency. I utilize elements of Radically Open DBT to support my clients struggling with restrictive disordered eating.

Why ruminate when you can free your mind and soul to be in the moment? Can you tell I have a thing for mindfulness. DBT is where mindfulness and CBT meet. The main goals of DBT are to teach people how to live in the moment, develop healthy ways to cope with stress, regulate their emotions, and improve their relationships with self and others.

If Frued is the father of psychology, than Marsha Linehan is it's mother. DBT is the most ground breaking, life-changing modality in the recent world of psychological thought. Understanding the connection between the mind and emotions and how to manage the influence of each has helped people create new lives less rooted in emotional pain. I utilize mindfulness techniques and exposure therapy highlighted in DBT to help clients struggling with issues best helped by these practices.

I enjoy working with Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to help both individuals & couples learn to emotionally regulate. DBT is also beneficial for treating: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Bipolar disorder, Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), Major depressive disorder, Substance use disorders. DBT is effective to help individuals and couples understand & accept difficult/intense feelings. DBT helps clients gain emotional intelligence & learn to manage their emotions.

I have utilized both structured and unstructured DBT interventions with clients for over 5 years.

What I love most about DBT is it encourages mindfulness, balanced thoughts and encourages you to have emotions well regulated and balanced with the more practical side of you.

I have been teaching and providing DBT for my clients for over 8 years and have found it to be very useful skills to help anyone.