Intensive Outpatient DBT
Intensive Outpatient Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Adults 18+
- An evidence-based, structured therapy developed by Marsha Linehan. It helps individuals build a life worth living by learning to manage intense emotions, improve relationships, and cope with stress in healthy ways.
*DBT Services are only offered in our Milaca location
Designed for individuals experiencing:
- Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
- Multiple mental health diagnosis
- Frequent mental health crises or hospitalizations
- Suicidal thoughts or behaviors
- Self-harming behaviors
- Difficulty managing intense emotions
Components of DBT
- Individual Therapy - Focuses on increasing motivation to build a life worth living by helping people use alternative skills. Individual therapy is provided once per week by trained DBT therapists.
- Skills Training Group - Incorporates the following four skill modules:
- Phone Coaching- Assists clients in implementing DBT skills into everyday life and crisis situations. Phone coaching is provided by the individual therapist 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Therapist Consultation- For DBT therapists is an essential part of the program by helping ensure DBT therapists provide effective treatment which adheres to the DBT model.
This is a MN Department of Human Services–certified Intensive Outpatient DBT Program.
All DBT therapists are either intensively or foundationally trained in DBT.
A one-year commitment to the program is requested.
