Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

Many of the psychologists on our team have been completed training in DBT and incorporate DBT principles and skills into their therapeutic work. Clinical Psychologists Jules Rademeyer and Daniella Saleme have a particular interest in this treatment and have completed additional training in DBT provided by Behavioural Tech, a leading international organisation that specialises in DBT training.

Clinical Psychologist Jules Rademeyer has used her training and extensive experience providing DBT groups to develop an accessible, on-demand DBT group that teaches key principles and concepts in an engaging, easy to follow format consisting of videos and written information.

The link to the group can be found here:

Building a Life Well Lived DBT Course (thinkific.com)

Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) was developed by professor of psychology, Dr Marsha Linehan. It is a form of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) which incorporates an acceptance of the person as they are while acknowledging that there are some aspects of their life that need to change. The tension between these seemingly opposing forces is known as a ‘dialectic’ and DBT is an attempt to find the middle ground between these two realities. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy was traditionally developed to help individuals diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder but can be helpful for a variety of difficulties.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy teaches patients four core groups of skills:

• Mindfulness
• Emotion Regulation
• Distress Tolerance
• Interpersonal Effectiveness

In its most comprehensive form, DBT includes weekly group and individual therapy, as well as telephone support between sessions. Our therapists use skills drawn from DBT in their regular individual sessions and can provide individual therapy to patients who are completing external DBT groups.

Further information about DBT can be found at: 
https://behavioraltech.org/resources/faqs/dialectical-behavior-therapy-dbt/