Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

DBT offers practical skills that I consider "life tools" to help bring mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and emotional regulation to your life. I have specialized DBT training through Marsha Linehan's Behavioral Tech Institute (2020-2022), including DBT Skills Training, DBT Foundations Training, and DBT for Adolescents & Families.

I have used Dialectical Behavioral Therapy with clients in reducing unhealthy coping patterns and relieve emotional distress.

A fundamental premise of DBT is building a life we want to live in. It's goal-oriented and focuses on skills we can use and actions we can take to better our lives. DBT focuses on 4 core elements we can all learn more about: mindfulness, interpersonal-effectiveness, emotion-regulation and distress-tolerance.

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.

We teach DBT skills in a flexible way tailored to our clients. These are skills that are helpful for all of us (why didn’t we learn them in middle school?) to support emotional awareness and regulation, develop healthy communication and assertiveness, and be able to get through intense moments in our life. These skills can also be helpful for clients to gain more self-reliance between therapy sessions, and trust themselves to make wise choices!

DBT is a skills-based therapy that works to address both addiction and mental health concerns. As an LADC, I integrate DBT skills lessons into group and individual sessions.

DBT help people successfully improve coping skills develop effective ways to manage and express strong emotions Researchers found that DBT is effective regardless of a person's age sex gender identity sexual orientation and race ethnicity DBT is effective in the treatment of borderline personality disorder for suicidal behavior and self-harm the method could also be a successful treatment for other mental health conditions and in the treatment of PTSD depression and anxiety

DBT is the most effective mindfulness based therapy I've ever worked with. Instead of judging your choices, let's look at how your choices are helping or hurting you to get through and live the life you want.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy is a skills-based approach to psychotherapy that includes aspects of mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy. The word “dialectical” refers to this therapy’s focus on learning to balance and tolerate opposites, with the goal of releasing attachment to black-and-white thinking. The philosophical foundation of dialectics underlies DBT therapy, which strives to help individuals accept present realities while also working toward change.

I have extensive clinical experience, coursework, and additional ceu training and certification in using DBT for a variety of clinical concerns.

I have been practicing Dialectical Behavioral Therapy in various settings (inpatient, community mental health and outpatient settings) since 2015. I have worked as an individual DBT therapist and provided group DBT skills training. I have completed my 10 day DBT intensive through McLean Hospital in 2021.

DBT skills training uses mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance skills training to help people improve their coping skills and ability to communicate effectively with others. I have completed trainings in DBT and have experience with this modality.

Completing certification in DBT/ Pesi Used for clients struggling with emotional regulation.

Specialized DBT training through Marsha Linehan's Behavioral Tech Institute (2020-2022), including DBT Skills Training, DBT Foundations Training, and DBT for Adolescents & Families.

I looooove some DBT. 💗 I know every therapist has been teaching coping skills since forever, and DBT has so many science-backed skills that there really is something for everyone. And it has a trauma informed approach, which is so necessary. Got tough behaviors that are hard to change? DBT can help. Bullying yourself? Get some DBT. Big feelings that are hard to control? Yep, DBT! I’ve been using this since 2015, and it has been incredibly helpful, both for myself and my clients. 💛💛💛

I have extensive training, background, and experience providing DBT. I have provided both outpatient and inpatient DBT to folx via individual therapy and group therapy.