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At Palo Verde Therapy we offer a comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Program which includes the following:
- Individual therapy sessions
- Skills training groups
- Phone coaching
- Friends and family consultation
All services are provided by state licensed therapists who are members of the DBT Las Vegas Consultation Team. www.dbtlasvegas.com |
What is DBT? |
| Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a research-supported treatment approach developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan and her colleagues at the University of Washington. DBT addresses problems in regulating emotions, behavior, and thinking.
Emotions
- Heightened emotional sensitivity
- Quick and intense emotional reactions
- Slow return to baseline (normal) mood
- Chronic problems with depression, anxiety, anger or anger expression
Behavior
- Repeated suicide threats or attempts
- Self-harm behavior such as cutting and burning
- Problematic interpersonal behaviors related to fears of rejection or abandonment
- Impulsive and potentially self-damaging behavior in areas such as binge eating, purging, alcohol
abuse, drug abuse, sexual promiscuity, gambling or spending sprees
Thinking
- Extreme (black or white) thinking
- Difficulty with problem-solving and decision making
- Poor self image and unstable sense of self
- Problems with "detached" thinking, ranging from mild inattention to episodes
of complete dissociation
DBT is organized into three stages. Each stage is designed to achieve a set of clearly defined treatment goals. Time spent in any one stage is variable and depends on goal attainment and stabilization.
Stage One: Addresses assessment and preparation. Goals of this stage are to 1) conduct a thorough assessment, 2) provide an orientation to treatment, and 3) establish treatment goals and build commitment to working on them.
Stage Two: Specific behaviors are targeted to increase or decrease. Behaviors to decrease include 1) life-threatening behaviors, 2) behaviors that interfere with progress in treatment, and 3) behaviors that interfere with living a reasonably good quality of life.
Behaviors to increase include 1) dialectical (balanced) thinking and behavior patterns, and 2) adaptive skills in living and relating to others.
Stage Three: Focuses on generalization and maintenance of treatment gains. Specific goals are to 1) refine skills use and encourage application across time and settings, 2) solidify environmental changes to support new behaviors, and 3) increase problem-solving and relapse preventions skills.
Information on this page has been adapted and reprinted with the permission of Portland DBT Program. PC.
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