Amy Bender
Psychotherapist, LMSWIn a world that pulls our focus in so many directions, let’s focus on you.
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Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based psychotherapy, first developed in the 1980s by Marsha M. Linehan, to treat patients suffering from borderline personality disorder. Since then, DBT’s use has broadened and now it is regularly employed as part of a treatment plan for people struggling with behaviors or emotions they can't control. This can include eating disorders, substance abuse, self-harm, and more. DBT is a skills-based approach that focuses on helping people increase their emotional and cognitive control by learning the triggers that lead to unwanted behaviors. Once triggers are identified, DBT teaches coping skills that include mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. A therapist specializing in DBT will help you to enhance your own capabilities, improve your motivation, provide support in-the-moment, and better manage your own life with problem-solving strategies. Think this approach might work for you? Reach out to one of TherapyDen’s DBT specialists today.
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Life can be hard! My hope is that working with me can help change that. I specialize in helping women and young people heal from challenging life experiences and trauma, even when it feels impossible, so you feel more joy, peace, and inspired to reach your goals. I also enjoy working with busy women, pregnancy and postpartum challenges, and college students who are struggling to find balance or have felt like something is holding them back from creating the life they want.
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Are you struggling with your intimate relationships or even the relationship to yourself? Other areas of your life might be going well but you often feel stuck and frustrated with romantic relationships or friendships. You are looking to make a change and take your connection to others to the next level. I know what it’s like to struggle with relationships and feel unfulfilled.
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What truly ignited my path in this field was the realization that mental health is an integral part of our overall health and well-being. It's not just about treating symptoms; it's about empowering individuals to lead fulfilling lives, fostering resilience, and breaking down the stigma surrounding mental health. The ability to provide support, understanding, and effective interventions to those in need is a calling I feel deeply connected to.
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I work with clients who are at a point in their life where confusion may be high and hope may be fleeting. If you are a human being coming up against a version of yourself, an experience, a profound loss, or a stage in life that has caught you off guard, you are my ideal client. I'm here to walk with you as you tend to your grief, feel your joy, fail gracefully, fail with no grace at all, try again (and again), dance with impermanence, face rejection, let your heart break, and rediscover purpose
Many individuals, couples, and families believe that their struggles have lingered on for so long, therefore “it will never go away”. Others tend to minimize it in hope that “it will just go away”. Research shows that work toward addressing problems can be the most interesting, rewarding, and empowering. It also promotes taking better control over one's life.
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