Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills in Boca Raton

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, or DBT, is a behavioral therapy that helps regulate emotion, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance issues.  DBT is especially effective at treating those diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD); it can also treat those with eating disorders, anxiety, depression, substance use, PTSD, and other symptoms.

Adam Friedman, Ph.D., and Adriane Schmitt, LMHC, use Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) to provide individual and group therapy to individuals across the lifespan.

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There are different components of DBT Skills including: individual therapy sessions, skills group training sessions and between-session phone coaching.

Learn More About Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a specialized form of therapy that introduces skills clinically demonstrated to help individuals better manage overwhelming feelings, frequent thoughts/worries, and problems maintaining limits in their relationships. Created by Marsha Linehan, Ph.D., DBT makes life more manageable by using skills that help people avoid making the difficult circumstances that arise in life. Other benefits of understanding these skills include being mindful and present during pleasant activities and appreciating the benefits of doing things you enjoy, and being with people you are close to.

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