Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy is a program for people who struggle to cope with intense emotions. This program is the result of extensive research based on clients with Borderline Personality Disorder and substance abuse. The treatment has been extended to work with people who struggle with weight management or post traumatic stress disorder, and DBT also has been extended to adolescents. At Wake Kendall the clients tend to suffer from anxiety, depression or borderline personality disorder, and all of them experience frequent emotional dysregulation. Participants must commit to DBT adherent therapy which means weekly individual treatment and skills group sessions. Therapists and skills group leaders work as a consultation team. Phone consultation with clients and close collaboration with outside therapists and psycho-pharmacologists are important components of the program. Six Wake Kendall therapists have been intensively trained by the Linehan group in Seattle. For more information visit behavioraltech.org.