DBT for You: The Parent Program to DBTeens, DBTwenties & DBTweens
We are now accepting clients who live in Vermont, as well as, Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire.
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We work with many commercial insurance plans.
Teen programming is before and after school hours and on the weekends
Young adult programming is 5:00 – 8:00 pm 3 nights/week
Tween programming is is before and after school hours and on the weekends
Our team is led by Clinical Director, Erin Cox Slosberg, who trained with the founder of DBT, Marsha Linehan, and program Founder Beth Salvi-Hudgins, who trained with the developer of RO DBT, Thomas Lynch.
The mission of DBT for You is to help New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont develop a shared language between mental health professionals, educators, health care professionals, and clients in order to collaboratively address the current well-documented mental health crisis.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy ( DBT), an evidence-based therapy modality that combines cognitive behavior therapy, mindfulness, and direct teaching of skills, is this shared language. It is a principle-driven treatment, with a curriculum that has been modified for use in schools as well as varied mental health settings. It offers social-emotional and executive functioning skills that can be taught across mental health, educational, health care, and home environments.
DBT offers language that can be used to assist all people with emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal communication, awareness, and balanced thinking.
At DBT for You, we offer DBT programming and training, including:
• Intensive outpatient level treatment for young adults ages 18-26 – DBTwenties
• Intensive outpatient level treatment for teens ages 12-18 – DBTeens
• Intensive outpatient level treatment for tweens ages 9-12 – DBTweens
• Trainings for community members and school professionals developed for your specific program’s needs
DBT for You ( formerly DBTeens NH) has trained over 40 clinical staff to provide DBT Treatment and Skills Coaching. The staff is mostly part-time, and many work full-time in other educational and mental health settings where they are now able to incorporate the DBT language.
We also have trained over 30 school-based staff members in three NH districts to use the DBT language, and to assist the students in their districts by teaching them DBT skills.
“DBT looks terrifying at first. I know looking at the 12 week schedule and then thinking about another 6 weeks of aftercare can be stressful but, trust me it goes by too quick. For two years me and my family searched for a treatment that would actually help and not just temporarily fix the problem. I had been on every medication they could think of and had done therapy every week with multiple therapists, but nothing was working. DBTeens was recommended to us and at first we thought it was crazy and a waste of money, I’m so glad we looked into it! Over those 12/18 weeks I learned how to regulate my moods and understand my feelings in a way I could never imagine. DBTeens felt like family, all the staff are so kind and relatable. I’m truly so thankful to have been able to find DBTeens when I did and to learn to build a life worth living!”
17 year-old client from NH
Questions…
Is DBT a mental health treatment? Yes. See the New York Times article to gain a better understanding of the efficacy of this treatment: ‘The Best Tool We Have’ for Self-Harming and Suicidal Teens
Do you accept insurance? DBT for You has been able to work with insurance plans to obtain coverage for most of our clients. If we are not In Network with your plan we do this by creating single case agreements, or asking for what is called an out of network exception. We are happy to answer any questions you may have regarding insurance at info@dbteensnh.org.
Does DBT include a curriculum that can be taught in schools? Yes. There is a modified version of standard DBT called DBT Steps A which was created to be taught in schools.
Can most kids and adults benefit in some way from DBT? Yes. We have even seen the impact of DBT skills within our program. Our staff have identified positive changes within themselves and their own relationships that seem to be a result of applying DBT assumptions and skills in their own lives.
I would like to thank Beth and her team for accepting me as an intern and sharing their education, insight, and skills with me along the way. My internship at DBTweens, DBTeens, and DBTwenties has provided an invaluable experience. Beth and her team extol genuine care and support throughout all therapeutic interventions. This internship provided a window of opportunity to observe the positive outcomes of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). DBT skills are highly beneficial for everyone, they help with emotion regulation, stress management, and relationship building. Emotions set the stage for how we view and respond to the world. They drive our decisions, build our relationships and help to form our personalities. Fostering healthy emotional development in young people at a time when their emotional foundation is being laid is paramount to lifelong emotional wellbeing. This experience has made a profound impact in my planned approach to practice as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and has prompted my enrollment in a DBT certification course. I look forward to offering an evidence-based non-pharmacological intervention as a treatment option in my future practice.
My Sincere Gratitude,
Roxanne Erickson-Lydon BSN, RN
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Student
University of New Hampshire
DBT has gained popularity and is featured in the TV show She Hulk (Article 1 — Article 2).
Lady Gaga has shared that she has participated in DBT treatment for her personal wellness (Article)
For more information about our specific programs, please see:
DBTeens — DBTwenties — DBTweens
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