DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
Real-Life Experience – Your emotions come on like a freight train. You go from zero to overwhelmed in seconds. Relationships feel chaotic, and you often regret what you said or did after the storm passes.
When your emotions hit like a freight train, it can feel like you’re constantly bracing for impact, one minute you’re fine, the next you’re overwhelmed, shut down, lashing out, or completely disconnected. You don’t want to blow up or shut down. You don’t mean to make things messy in relationships. But by the time you recognize what’s happening, the moment’s already gone sideways, and then the shame kicks in. That’s where DBT is helpful. Not to judge you, but to give you the tools you were never taught: how to ride the emotional wave without getting pulled under.
We use DBT to help you regulate without repressing, express without exploding, and stay present when everything in you wants to run or collapse. It’s skills-based. We integrate it with trauma informed care so you’re learning how to trust yourself again. You’ll build real-world strategies for managing intense emotions, navigating conflict, and staying grounded in your values, even when everything feels like too much.
If your feelings feel too big to hold and your relationships keep catching the fallout, DBT might be the thing that helps you stay rooted when the storm rolls in. You don’t need to be less emotional. You just need a way to hold those emotions without burning everything down.
How to Know You Might Need This:
- You struggle with emotional regulation or impulsivity
- You feel everything too deeply
- You’re dealing with self-harm urges or high-risk behaviors
- You crave structure and coping tools
- Interpersonal conflict
Why It Helps
DBT teaches you the skills school never did: how to manage big feelings, hold two truths at once, and stay grounded in tough moments. At IMH, we tailor DBT to your story.
DBT teaches the life skills most of us never learned, because no one ever taught them. Things like how to ride out a wave of emotion without saying something you’ll regret. How to hold two seemingly opposite truths like “I’m doing my best” and “I need to change.” How to stay present instead of shutting down or blowing up. These are the skills that help you stop living in constant crisis mode and start building something steadier, something sustainable.
DBT in Real Time, for Real Change
We tailor it to your story, your triggers, your goals. You’re not here for a workbook, you’re here to learn how to actually use the tools when it matters most: during the fight with your partner, the urge to self-destruct, the moment where shame threatens to take over. DBT gives you the framework. We help you live it out in real time, with support and practice.
This is more than just coping. It’s emotional skill-building for the life you want to live… messy, meaningful, and grounded in real change.
