IMPORTANT – IOPs Have Been Closed – New Programs Started
Classes / Coaching / Check Ins for Everyone
Classes / Coaching / Consultation for Mental Health Clinicians and Counselors
Classes / Coaching / Consultation for Schools and Health Care Orgs.
At DBT for You, we offer DBT Skills classes and professional training, including:
• 12-week Skills Development Class for young adults and their caregivers ages 18-29
• 12-week Skills Coaching Sessions for young adults and their caregivers ages 18-29
• Online morning Check Ins for High School students
• 12-week online Skills Development Class for teens and their caregivers ages 13-18
• 12-week online Skills Coaching Sessions for teens and their caregivers ages 13-18
• Trainings for community members, and school / healthcare professionals developed for your specific program’s needs
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, Maine, Massachusetts, 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.
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? No. We have decided that our relationships with insurance companies are not sustainable. We will be unable to accept insurance for payments any longer. HSA funds may still be applicable.
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)
Statement of Inclusivity
DBT for You is committed to providing a safe space and respectful treatment to all people. We aim to meet the needs of youth of all genders, races, religions, and sexual orientations. Clients who participate in services at DBT for You understand this statement of inclusivity, and agree to treat all staff and other participants with kindness.