DBT for You Online Mental Health DBT Program

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. 

All Services Are Online 


Young Adults Ages 18-26
Teens Ages 12-18
Children Ages 9-12

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.

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.

17 year-old client from NH

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.

For more information about our specific programs, please see:

DBTeensDBTwentiesDBTweens

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