DBT
Why DBT?
Whether in a deep depression, trying to manage panic attacks, or struggling with painful memories of past trauma, intense emotions are challenging to manage and can lead to impulsivity, urges for self-harm, difficulties in interpersonal relationships, and a range of emotions including emptiness, anger, and despair. At Guilford Psychological Services, several of us specialize in working with individuals who want to learn strategies for managing intense emotions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers an empirically validated set of skills to help individuals live a more centered life. DBT helps individuals learn how to live more fully in the present moment (mindfulness), how to have more effective relationships with others (interpersonal effectiveness), how to identify and manage emotions (emotion regulation), and strategies to help effectively survive an emotional crisis (distress tolerance).
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers an empirically validated set of skills to help individuals live a more centered life. DBT helps individuals learn how to live more fully in the present moment (mindfulness), how to have more effective relationships with others (interpersonal effectiveness), how to identify and manage emotions (emotion regulation), and strategies to help effectively survive an emotional crisis (distress tolerance).
DBT is effective for:
- Major depressive disorder
- Anxiety disorders
- Post traumatic stress disorder
- Bulimia
- Binge-eating disorder
- Attention deficit disorder
- Substance abuse and dependency
- and more.
DBT Groups:
If you are feeling anxious, depressed, or are struggling to control certain impulses (e.g. drinking alcohol, using drugs, binge eating and/or purging) consider joining a local DBT skills group. The research is clear and consistent. You can learn to manage your emotions, rather than having your emotions manage you.