Dialectical Behavior (DBT) Therapists in Florida

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy can be extremely beneficial in treatment for many people. I have 3 years of immersive experience in DBT, including participating in skills group for 6 months and helping facilitate skills group. My DBT approach is delivered by using validation and acceptance of current circumstances with gentle challenging for change. If you choose to do DBT therapy with me, we will have more structured sessions to learn appropriate skills and will also use various tools to help you track your moods and behaviors.

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I have found DBT to be very helpful for a variety of my clients, including those who have experienced trauma. This modality provides a multitude of concrete ways to work through whatever a person might be struggling with, which can be comforting to clients who might have difficulty with solely talk based therapy. 

I am a marriage and family therapist who works with clients of all ages on relational and personal issues.

This is an approach often used and assists clients in learning to manage difficult emotions as well as emotional regulation. Emotions can be rather complex and understanding that allows for individuals to develop emotional intelligence. So many live in a world of emotion being anger, sadness, happy, or fear. I often work with clients in really examining emotions as if they were peeling layers of an onion because under their anger for example, may be disappointment or even betrayal which are very different emotions than anger, thus coping with that emotion may be very different. Many of us were not taught the complexity of emotions. I will say even doing this work for as long as I have and understanding the complexity, at times, I find it takes me a bit before the "lightbulb" goes off that I understand the root emotion I am experiencing. Anger is a safe emotion but it is simply an iceberg, where underneath the water is emotions that are much more painful and difficult to face/cope with

I have been licensed since 2006 gaining my clinical experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings with individuals, couples, and families 12 years and up.