Skills for the hardest moments.
DBT teaches practical tools for managing intense emotions, tolerating distress, and building healthier relationships.
Does your mind feel pulled in a hundred different directions at once? Do you have a hard time handling some of your emotions — and does that strain your relationships? Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) offers comprehensive skills to manage painful memories and emotions and decrease conflict in your relationships.
DBT focuses on four specific areas of skill: mindfulness (being present in the current moment), distress tolerance (increasing your capacity to ride out negative emotions), emotion regulation (strategies to manage the intense emotions at the root of so many problems), and interpersonal effectiveness (communicating with confidence while maintaining self-respect and strengthening relationships).
Many of us live with a constant stream of uncontrollable negative emotions just under our awareness, shaping how we feel about ourselves and how we interact with friends, partners and family. DBT helps you find ways to manage those emotions so you can feel balanced, in control, and able to interact respectfully and successfully. At the heart of DBT is a simple message: acceptance and change.
- Big emotions that feel hard to ride out
- Patterns of impulsivity or self-criticism
- Conflict in important relationships
- Feeling overwhelmed by daily stressors
- A diagnosis of BPD or complex emotion regulation difficulties
How we work with this in session
- Mindfulness skills for presence and grounding
- Distress tolerance for crisis moments
- Emotion regulation strategies you can use daily
- Interpersonal effectiveness for healthier relationships
Reach out for a complimentary 15-minute consultation to see if DBT-informed work is right for you.
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Book a complimentary 15-minute consultation. Ask questions, get a feel for our approach, and decide if it’s the right fit — no pressure.