Psychological Counselling Adelaide:
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

At Mind Strategy, we provide dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) in our therapeutic counselling for specific kinds of psychological symptoms, conditions and disorders relating to the management of emotions.

DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOUR THERAPY

Dialectical behaviour therapy is modified version of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). DBT uses a similar approach to CBT—understanding that how we think, feel and behave is all connected.

This type of therapy focuses on people who experience intense emotions, display unhealthy coping behaviours like self-harm or substance abuse and have trouble managing them. It is proven to help people with borderline personality disorder and other clinical problems.

HOW DOES DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOUR THERAPY WORK?

Dialectics is about the integration of two opposing thoughts and the understanding that both can have truth to them. With your therapist, you learn to accept the things that cannot change and change the things that you can.

With DBT, you learn four skills as you work through your symptoms, conditions or disorders. Two of these are based on learning skills in acceptance and two are based on learning skills to help you cope.

Eist, Harold I. “DBT Skills Training Manual, 2nd Ed. Marsha M. Linehan (2015) New York.” The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 203.11 (2015): 887. Web.

YOU WILL LEARN:

Acceptance skills

Coping skills

Who can Dialectical Behaviour Therapy help ?

Dialectical behaviour therapy is highly effective for people who have or currently experience:

Intense emotions
Anger outbursts and issues
Alcohol and substance dependence
Eating disorders
Chronic depression
Chronic anxiety
Difficulty maintaining relationships
Feelings of helplessness
Suicidal thoughts
Childhood trauma or abuse

DBT is proven effective with the support of clinical disorders including:

What results can you expect from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy?

Reduced stress
Reduced impulsiveness
Reduced symptoms of illnesses and disorders
Increased awareness of strategies to regulate emotions
Increased ability to focus on goals when stressed
Increased ability to accept intense emotions

Dialectical behaviour therapy can help you to better regulate and process your intense emotions, improving your quality of life.

How we support you at Mind Strategy

We provide a safe, non-judgemental, confidential space with a counselling room upstairs and downstairs for your convenience
We are committed to quality psychological counselling
We are passionate about the client-practitioner therapeutic relationship and supporting you through your personal journey
We work with you wherever you are on your journey to help you reach your therapeutic goals
We offer Medicare rebates to clients with GP Mental Health Care Plans
We provide support to clients with or without healthcare plans

Psychological Counselling Adelaide:Dialectical Behaviour Therapy