How are DBT sessions structured?
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy is separated into four parts, three of which the client will experience. 1) Individual Therapy In one to one therapy with a DBT therapist you will work on your self-damaging behaviours and work to continually ensure you are following the skills taught by the DBT course. 2) Group Work Group work will help you to work on your social skills but also teach you new skills from the DBT modules and ways of implementing these. 3) Telephone support Should you be feeling suicidal or as if you may be at risk of self-harm then you may contact your therapist or a member of the DBT team to discuss these and work through your thoughts. You will be urged to apply your DBT skills and techniques. You may only call between times agreed between your therapist and yourself. 4) This is for the therapist only This is the consult group. You could also call it group supervision. This group would meet frequently and is made up by all those who have trained to become DBT Therapists.
