dialectical Behavioral THerapy (dBT)

IN-PERSON dialectical Behavioral THerapy IN BELLEVUE, WA

ONLINE dialectical Behavioral THerapy FOR ALL OF WASHINGTON STATE

“Sometimes we cannot change the environment significantly, but we can perhaps alter the way in which we perceive it.”

- Marsha linehan, Creator of DBT

WHAT IS dialectical Behavioral THerapy (DBT) ?

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is an evidence based practice that emphasizes behavioral change, problem- solving, and emotional regulation for individual who experience intense emotions through validation, mindfulness, and acceptance.

DBT will help you understand and accept difficult thoughts and emotions while teaching you coping skills to manage them.

What is dialectical Behavioral THerapy Used to Treat?

  • Borderline Personality Disorder

  • Mood Disorders

  • Suicidal Ideation

  • Self-Harm

  • Substance Use Disorders

  • Interpersonal Conflict

  • Bipolar Disorder

  • Stress

  • Overwhelming Emotions

  • Anxiety

  • ADHD

Foundations of
Dialectical behavioral Therapy (DBT)

  • Mindfulness: Mindfulness is the practice of being present in the moment without judgment. Mindfulness is essential in regulating emotions, making it through crisis without making things worse and successfully resolving interpersonal conflicts.

  • Distress Tolerance: Distress Tolerance is the ability to accept the environment as it is or as we perceive it without demanding that it be different. Distress Tolerance will help you learn to experience emotional pain skillfully.

  • Emotion Regulation: Emotions communicate important information to us about our environment and how we are experiencing it. Emotional Regulation will help you name and understand our own emotions, decrease the frequency of unpleasant emotions, and decrease vulnerability to emotions.

  • Interpersonal Effectiveness: Interpersonal Effectiveness builds communication and social skills that help us to attend to relationships, balance priorities, balance 'wants' and 'shoulds', and build self-respect.

how can dialectical Behavioral THerapy help?

  • Understand and accept difficult feelings

  • Manage difficult emotions

  • Reduce anxiety

  • Identify and regulate emotions

  • Reduce stress

  • Decrease thoughts of suicide

  • Decrease self-harming behaviors

  • Increase self-worth

  • Improve decision making skills

  • Increases self-esteem

  • Increase self-respect

KAIZEN COUNSELING

dialectical Behavioral THerapy (DbT)
IN BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON

At Kaizen Counseling, we are proud to support teens and adults in Bellevue, Washington, and its nearby regions (Kirkland, Redmond, Mercer Island, Sammamish, Issaquah, Bothell, and Woodinville).

Our Therapists support adolescents ages 12+ and adults, in person at our Bellevue office and online throughout Washington State. Our therapy specialties include anxiety, depression, ADHD, self-esteem, trauma, sustainable technology use, video game and porn overuse, and more.

In addition to DBT, we integrate different approaches into sessions including Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

MEET OUR DBT THERAPISTS IN BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON

Erin Manhardt, LMHC

Lindsey Hamerly, LMHCA

David Han, LMHC

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