Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
DBT, the "cousin" of CBT, builds off cognitive principles and expands therapy to focus on identifying effective ways to manage strong emotions while creating meaningful relationships.
DBT Breakdown
Distress Tolerance
Your DBT therapist will help you ways to manage challenging emotions. Learning to "tolerate" distressing emotions, without letting them take over your actions, is one of the first steps towards taking ownership of your life and reaching your goals.
Interpersonal Skills
Relationships, friendships, and all forms of connection are integral to mental and physical health. DBT therapy will take time to focus on creating and sustaining healthy, balanced relationships while navigating how to ending destructive ones.
Emotional Regulation
Learning how to manage change in life and with emotions is a necessary step towards solving problems. Regulating emotions is a journey that a counselor who specializes in DBT will explore skills and strategies to decrease conflict while increasing wellbeing.
Interested in DBT?
A DBT approach takes into account the above listed factors while also encouraging you to be mindfull and non judgemental in achieving your goals and living a most fulfilled life. You may be interested in this form of therapy if you find yourself having difficulty managing strong emotions and building healthy relationships.