DBT-Informed Therapy
Developing greater emotional flexibility, strengthening relationships, and creating meaningful change.
Our practice offers DBT-informed individual psychotherapy for adolescents, young adults, and adults navigating difficulties with emotion regulation, interpersonal relationships, and patterns of behavior that can feel difficult to change.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based treatment that balances acceptance and change. Drawing on DBT principles and strategies, our approach helps individuals better understand their emotional experiences, develop more effective ways of coping with distress, and navigate relationships with greater confidence.
Who Can Benefit From DBT-Informed Therapy?
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DBT-informed therapy may be helpful for individuals experiencing intense emotions, difficulty managing distress, or recurring interpersonal challenges.
Common concerns include:
Emotional sensitivity and difficulty regulating intense emotions
Interpersonal conflict and relationship instability
Difficulty establishing boundaries or communicating needs
Impulsive reactions during moments of distress
Sensitivity to rejection, criticism, or perceived disappointment
Persistent self-criticism, shame, or feelings of inadequacy
Difficulty changing patterns despite considerable insight
Our Approach to DBT-Informed Therapy
Our approach is active, collaborative, and individualized, integrating DBT-informed behavioral strategies with an understanding of the emotional and interpersonal processes that contribute to distress.
We recognize that developing insight into patterns of behavior is important, but that understanding alone does not always translate into meaningful change.
Treatment may involve identifying the circumstances that contribute to emotional escalation, examining the function of behaviors, practicing skills, and developing greater awareness of how individuals interpret themselves and others.
Our work may also incorporate principles from Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and psychodynamic approaches to address both immediate challenges and broader relational patterns.
What Skills Are Addressed in DBT-Informed Therapy?
Mindfulness
Developing greater awareness of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, while increasing the ability to respond intentionally rather than automatically.
Distress Tolerance
Building the capacity to navigate painful experiences without engaging in behaviors that may worsen distress.
Emotion Regulation
Understanding emotional experiences, identifying vulnerabilities, and developing more effective strategies for managing emotional intensity.
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Strengthening communication, establishing boundaries, and balancing personal needs with maintaining relationships and self-respect.
DBT-Informed Therapy vs. Comprehensive DBT
DBT-informed psychotherapy incorporates selected principles and strategies from Dialectical Behavior Therapy into individualized treatment.
Comprehensive DBT is a more structured treatment that typically includes individual therapy, group skills training, between-session phone coaching, and therapist participation in a DBT consultation team.
Our practice provides DBT-informed individual psychotherapy rather than a comprehensive, adherent DBT program.
When a more intensive or structured treatment is clinically indicated, we can discuss appropriate referrals and treatment options.
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Our practice welcomes inquiries from adolescents, young adults, and adults interested in DBT-informed psychotherapy.