DBT Therapy Near You

At Emerge Mental Health, the DBT program is designed to provide comprehensive support for individuals with depression. Clients can expect the following:  

• 1:1 Online Sessions: Weekly video therapy, private and built for you, via a secure platform perfect for Michigan’s busy lives or frozen roads.
• Skills Training: Optional virtual group to master emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and more
• 24/7 Support: Quick check-ins to keep you on track, because life doesn’t wait.
• Homework Assignments: Regular practice of skills between sessions to ensure consistent application and progress.
• Therapy Duration: Typically lasts 6 months to 1 year, though many clients notice gradual improvements within the first 12 weeks.
• No travel, no excuses—just virtual counseling Florida and Michigan individuals can count on.  

The program is personalized, ensuring clients receive the tools and support necessary to manage their depression effectively, with a focus on empowerment and skill-building.

Mindfulness – Find Your Calm Center

What You’ll Learn: Stay present, reduce overwhelm, and observe your thoughts without judgment.
Skills Covered:
- "What" Skills: Observe, Describe, Participate
- "How" Skills: Nonjudgmentally, One-Mindfully, Effectively
- Mindful breathing and grounding techniques

- Wise Mind and walking the middle path

Distress Tolerance – Survive Tough Moments

What You’ll Learn: Handle crises without making things worse and accept what you can’t change.
Skills Covered:
- STOP Skill (Stop, Take a step back, Observe, Proceed mindfully)
- TIPP (Temperature, Intense exercise, Paced breathing, Paired muscle relaxation)
- Radical Acceptance and self-soothing strategies

Emotion Regulation – Master Your Feelings

What You’ll Learn: Understand, reduce, and shift intense emotions to live more fully.
Skills Covered:
- ABC PLEASE (Accumulate positives, Build mastery, Cope ahead; Physical health, Eating, Avoid mood-altering substances, Sleep, Exercise)
- Opposite Action to change emotional responses
- Identifying and labeling emotions accurately

Interpersonal Effectiveness – Build Stronger Connections

What You’ll Learn: Communicate clearly, set boundaries, and nurture relationships.
Skills Covered:
- DEAR MAN (Describe, Express, Assert, Reinforce, Mindful, Appear confident, Negotiate)
- GIVE (Gentle, Interested, Validate, Easy manner)
- FAST (Fair, Apologies minimal, Stick to values, Truthful)

At Emerge Mental Health, our Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) phone coaching provides 24/7 support to help you navigate life’s challenges in real-time. Designed to reinforce the skills learned in DBT therapy, our phone coaching offers immediate guidance when you need it most—whether you're managing intense emotions, facing a crisis, or seeking to apply DBT skills effectively.

Our compassionate, trained therapist is available around the clock to provide personalized strategies, helping you stay grounded and make mindful choices. This service is a vital tool for building resilience and fostering long-term emotional well-being, ensuring you’re never alone on your mental health journey.

DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, is a psychotherapy that helps individuals manage intense emotions, improve relationships, and develop coping skills, as explained by Cleveland Clinic ([Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)](https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/22838-dialectical-behavior-therapy-dbt)).

DBT helps by teaching skills in mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness, which can alleviate symptoms of depression, as detailed by Choosing Therapy ([DBT for Depression](https://www.choosingtherapy.com/dbt-for-depression/)).

No, while originally developed for borderline personality disorder, DBT is effective for other conditions like depression, as noted by Yale Medicine ([Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)](https://www.yalemedicine.org/conditions/dialectical-behavior-therapy-dbt)).

Typically, DBT programs last from 6 months to a year, with many noticing improvements within the first few months, as per Talkspace ([DBT for Depression](https://www.talkspace.com/mental-health/conditions/articles/dbt-for-depression/)).

Yes, DBT can be adapted for online therapy, making it accessible to more people. At Emerge Mental Health we offer online DBT therapy.