Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) focuses on teaching coping skills to reduce emotional extremes and problematic thought and behavioral patterns. Our goal is to help clients develop flexible thinking and gain more control over their feelings and behaviors. DBT also helps clients learn how to make and keep appropriate friendships and relationships with other people. Some people may be prone to react in a more intense manner toward certain emotional situations, primarily within close relationships. Some may experience extreme swings in their emotions, see the world in black-and-white, and seem to always be jumping from one crisis to another. Because few people understand such reactions, they may have unhealthy methods for coping with these sudden, intense surges of emotion. DBT is a method for teaching skills that will help people develop more emotional equilibrium in themselves and improve their relationships with others. A number of our therapists are trained to provide therapy that incorporates DBT concepts, and we provide DBT Skills Groups for adolescents to help them learn and practice skills.
We do NOT provide full, manualized DBT programs at Weaver and Associates, but partner with other quality programs in the area that do, and are happy to make recommendations.