The Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) Program is an evidence-based therapy that provides goal-focused treatment for individuals with moderate to severe borderline personality disorder. DBT is not a suicide prevention program, but instead focuses on helping clients gain insight into patterns of behaviour and integrate skills to improve their life.The DBT Program is an intensive and comprehensive treatment that is goal focused and based on treating behaviours according to a target hierarchy, prioritizing safety interfering behaviours followed by therapy interfering behaviours. To participate in this program, clients are required to:
- attend weekly individual therapy
- attend weekly DBT Skills Group
- utilize between session skills coaching
- complete weekly homework
- complete daily diary cards
- work towards solving problems in a way that does not include intentional self-harm and/or suicide
The DBT Program is time limited, generally 15 to 18 months in length.
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