DBT Has Three Essential Components

 

 

(1) You engage in weekly group lessons structured around key life skills: 

 

• Interacting with people in ways that are both peaceful and effective

• Accepting discomfort without having it drive you out control

• Creating increasingly positive life experiences over time, and

• Learning to engage in experiences without being overwhelmed by emotions.

 

(2) You have weekly one-on-one sessions with your therapist that are designed to deepen your mastery of these new life skills.

 

(3) You call your therapist whenever you feel stuck in your day-to-day life. 

 

• In DBT, you don't need to be in crisis to call your therapist.

• In fact, you call regularly to help practice your skills in ordinary situations. 

• These phone calls allow you to get useful coaching at the exact moment you want it.

• This helps you prevent the experience of crisis and desperation.