My Specialties
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a skills-based therapy that helps you manage intense emotions, improve relationships, and handle stress in healthier ways. It focuses on finding balance—learning to accept yourself while also making meaningful changes.
DBT teaches four core skills:
Mindfulness – staying present
Distress Tolerance – coping with crisis
Emotion Regulation – managing emotions
Interpersonal Effectiveness – setting boundaries and communicating clearly
It’s especially helpful if you feel overwhelmed, reactive, or stuck in painful patterns—and want practical tools to feel more grounded and in control.
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DBT for PTSD
DBT was originally developed to support individuals with emotion regulation challenges, and it's been adapted to effectively treat complex PTSD and trauma-related symptoms.
It focuses on building four key skill areas:
Mindfulness – learning to stay present and grounded, even when emotions are intense
Distress Tolerance – managing crises and overwhelming moments without making things worse
Emotion Regulation – understanding and managing emotional responses
Interpersonal Effectiveness – building healthy boundaries and improving communication
For people with PTSD, DBT offers tools to reduce reactivity, decrease shame, and create emotional safety. It helps clients build the foundation needed to process trauma more safely.
Exposure and Response Prevention-EXRP
EXRP is an evidence-based treatment for OCD, anxiety disorders, and trauma-related avoidance. It involves systematically confronting feared thoughts, memories, or situations (exposure) while refraining from compulsive or avoidance behaviors (response prevention). This process reduces anxiety over time, disrupts the avoidance cycle, and builds tolerance for distress.
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