Dialectical Behavioural Therapy - Addiction & Mental Health

The Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) Program is an evidence-based therapy that provides goal-focused treatment for individuals with moderate to severe borderline personality disorder. DBT is not a suicide prevention program, but instead focuses on helping clients gain insight into patterns of behaviour and integrate skills to improve their life., , The DBT Program is an intensive and comprehensive treatment that is goal focused and based on treating behaviours according to a target hierarchy, prioritizing safety interfering behaviours followed by therapy interfering behaviours. To participate in this program, clients are required to:, , attend weekly individual therapy attend weekly DBT Skills Group utilize between session skills coaching complete weekly homework complete daily diary cards work towards solving problems in a way that does not include intentional self-harm and/or suicide , , The DBT Program is time limited, generally 15 to 18 months in length., , Key Provider: nurses, occupational therapists (OTs), outreach workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, social worksers