Who is right for DBT?

If you or your child experience any of the following you may be a good fit for DBT:

• Frequently changing up-and-down extreme emotions

• Problems with anger

• Chaotic relationships

• Fears of abandonment

• Difficulties with sense of self

• Feeling empty

• Self-harm behaviors

• Impulsive behaviors

• Suicidal ideation

• Suicide attempts

• Recurrent hospitalizations

• Extensive history of treatment or treatment failures

• Disordered eating behaviors

• Substance use

• School refusal

• Avoidance

• Isolation

• Trauma

• Physical aggression

• Temper tantrums

• Failure to launch

• Dissociation

• Pervasive shame
  

Chicago DBT® accepts patients from age 7 and up. DBT has been evaluated and found to be effective among individuals from diverse backgrounds in terms of age, gender, sexual orientation, and race/ethnicity.

Ages:

• Chicdren (ages 7-12 years)

• Adolescents (ages 12-18 years)

• Young Adults (ages 18-25 years)

• Adults (ages 25-60 years)

• Older Adults (ages 60+ years)

Are you ready for treatment?

A number of benefits are available from participating in therapy. Therapists can provide support, problem-solving skills, and enhanced coping strategies. Many people also find that therapists can be a tremendous asset to managing personal growth, interpersonal relationships, family concerns, marriage issues, and the hassles of daily life. Therapists can provide a fresh perspective on a difficult problem or point you in the direction of a solution. The benefits you obtain from therapy depend on how well you use the process and put into practice what you learn. Some of the benefits available from therapy include:

• Attaining a better understanding of yourself, your goals, and values

• Finding healthy and effective coping skills

• Developing skills for improving your relationships instead of damaging them

• Finding resolution to the issues or concerns that led you to seek therapy

• Learning new ways to cope with stress and anxiety

• Learning how to get off of the emotional roller coaster

• Managing anger, grief, depression, and other emotional pressures

• Improving communication and listening skills

• Changing old, destructive behavior patterns and developing new, healthy ones

• Discovering new ways to solve problems in your family, relationships or marriage

• Improving your self-efficacy and boosting self-competence

• Develop a life worth living

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