Dialectical Behavioral Therapy 

We offer DBT – a clinically proven mode of therapy that helps you manage your emotions and improve your relationships.
 
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a form of talk therapy that helps you:
 
  • Understand and accept your difficult feelings
  • Learn concrete skills to manage those difficult feelings and stressful situations
  • Then make positive changes in your life from a calmer, more empowered position. 
 
“Dialectical” means combining opposite ideas. DBT focuses on helping people accept the reality of their lives and their behaviors, as well as helping them learn to change their lives, including their unhelpful behaviors. Have you ever heard someone say, “damned if I do, damned if I don’t”? DBT accepts the reality of what cannot be changed; and also challenges false perceptions about your limitations and abilities, letting you work through problems and challenges successfully. DBT is especially effective for people who have difficulty managing and regulating their emotions.
 
DBT skills aim to help enhance your capabilities in day-to-day life. The four skills your therapist will teach include:
  • Mindfulness: This is the practice of being fully aware and focused in the present instead of worrying about the past or future.
  • Distress tolerance: This involves understanding and managing your emotions in difficult or stressful situations without responding with harmful behaviors.
  • Interpersonal effectiveness: This means understanding how to ask for what you want and need and setting boundaries while maintaining respect for yourself and others.
  • Emotion regulation: This means understanding, being more aware of and having more control over your emotions.


For more information on joining our DBT therapy group, please contact Diana DiMeo at [email protected]
(224) 833-8667.
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