DBT therapist in Calgary — skills for intense emotions.
Dialectical behaviour therapy 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.
DBT-informed work often pairs well with anxiety counselling and trauma therapy in Calgary and virtual virtually across Alberta, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Book a free 15-minute consultation to see if DBT is a fit.
You might recognise some of these.
Small shifts that add up to real change.
- Ride out intense emotions without being swept away
- Handle crisis moments with concrete skills
- Reduce impulsive reactions you later regret
- Communicate needs while keeping your self-respect
- Lower conflict in important relationships
- Feel more balanced, grounded and in control
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
Your first steps, gently.
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DBT is a skills-based, practical approach built around four areas: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. After a free 15-minute consultation, we identify which skills will help most with what you’re facing.
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In session you’ll learn and practise concrete tools, then apply them in real life between appointments. The underlying message of DBT is a balance of two things at once: accepting yourself as you are, and working toward change.
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We offer DBT-informed individual therapy tailored to your goals. Sessions are usually weekly to start, and we track which skills are making the biggest difference.
Reach out for a complimentary 15-minute consultation to see if DBT-informed work is right for you.
Book, or send us a message.
If you’re ready, you can book your free 15-minute DBT consultation online. Prefer to ask a question first? Send us a message and we’ll reply within one business day.
Or call 587-220-7789.
Questions people often ask.
What’s the difference between DBT and CBT?
Do I need a BPD diagnosis for DBT?
Is there practice between sessions?
Can DBT-informed sessions be virtual?
Take the first step, today.
Book a complimentary 15-minute consultation. Ask questions, get a feel for our approach, and decide if it’s the right fit — no pressure.