Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program

How Does the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program Work?

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy program has seven main components. When you begin DBT treatment, you work towards achieving core mindfulness with an open, aware, accepting state of mind. You also learn to balance your individual needs with those of others around you. A primary goal of the program is emotion regulation in which you experience a range of emotions, but keep perspective while behaving in a manner according to your core values. You also learn skills for managing extreme emotions and physical or emotional pain. As you go through the program, you work towards being able to experience intense feelings while remaining rational. Finally, you learn to accept that ideas that seem opposite to yours can both be true.

When you engage in Dialectical Behavior Therapy Chicago, you focus on acceptance of seemingly opposite ideas. This is particularly important when it comes to the way an individual’s beliefs are perceived by others. You benefit from acceptance because you will no longer feel the need to defend your own truth.

Benefits of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Chicago

Gateway’s Dialectical Behavior Therapy Illinois encourages you to change the parts of your life you can control. You learn to set goals, embrace positive changes in your life, and decrease the negative behaviors that have been affecting your life and relationships. Because you learn coping skills for intense emotions, you also learn how to have a positive response to stressful situations in life. When you look at life in a different way, you also learn conflict resolution skills.

The skills you learn in our Dialectical Behavior Therapy treatment program can be transferred for use in your regular life. You practice these skills in Individual and Group Therapy sessions, where you learn to remain mindful, aware, and open about internal and external situations.

Another benefit of DBT is that it forces you to address the challenges of long-term recovery and learn to work through difficult situations successfully.

In our Dialectical Behavior Therapy Chicago, you also get to heal while building interpersonal relationships within our strong, supportive Recovery Community. Finally, through DBT you maintain a constant focus on your own recovery.