Our comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) program features skills categorized into four major modules: Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance. Distress Tolerance skills are strategies designed to help us survive emotional crises without engaging in behaviors that make the situation worse. These skills also teach us how to accept reality and the objective … Read more

Somatic techniques in therapy are body-based practices that help people regulate emotions, process stress, and restore a sense of safety by working through the nervous system rather than relying only on thoughts or insight. These approaches recognize that stress and trauma are not stored only as memories, but also as physical patterns—such as muscle tension, … Read more

Anytime you go to therapy you are given a diagnosis of a mental health disorder. A diagnosis provides a framework for understanding a person’s symptoms and to guide treatment to reduce the symptoms presented. It helps to better understand how you are impacted day to day.  Diagnoses are a critical part of treatment and are … Read more

Most people start school when they’re 5 years old and graduate high school when they’re 17 or 18 years old. Most of their life is spent in school and if they go to college that’s 4 more years of school. So, it makes sense that seniors (high school and college) might have senioritis.  Senioritis is … Read more

If you’ve ever tried to “fix” a rough week of late nights by sleeping in on the weekend, you’re not alone. Most of us do it. But, if you’re still feeling tired by Sunday night—or even Monday morning—you might be dealing with something called sleep debt. Sleep debt is basically what happens when you don’t … Read more

If you have ever heard of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), then you’ve also probably heard about the multitude of different DBT skills that you can learn.  These skills generally fall into 4 major categories:   Mindfulness: skills that can help people to intentionally and non-judgmentally live with awareness of the present moment Interpersonal Effectiveness skills that … Read more

Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day, which is basically permission from the universe to be nice on purpose. Not the “I’ll be polite if someone deserves it” kind of nice, but the surprise, out-of-the-blue, “wow, that helped” kind. From a DBT lens, this is less about being a saint and more about being effective. … Read more

Valentine’s Day has a way of sneaking up on people. Even if you tell yourself it’s “just another day,” it can be hard to avoid the messages everywhere. Cards, social media posts, dinner reservations, couples holding hands in public. For many people, this day does not feel romantic or fun. It feels uncomfortable, lonely, or … Read more

Your first date went really well and now you want to jump their bones! Let’s pause a moment. The pressure to “take it to the next level” is a blending of instinct and societal expectation. Are you acting on impulse, expectation, or is this something you are really ready for? Deciding on the right time … Read more