Find balance and relief with Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Our licensed therapists help you manage intense emotions, build resilience, and strengthen relationships using proven, evidence-based skills.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based form of psychotherapy designed to help individuals manage intense emotions, cope with stress, and improve overall mental health.
DBT combines individual therapy, group skills training, and coaching to provide clients with practical tools for navigating life’s challenges. Its structured, supportive approach helps individuals reduce self-harm, regulate emotions, and build healthier relationships while addressing the underlying patterns that contribute to emotional distress.
What sets DBT apart is its focus on both acceptance and change—helping clients acknowledge their experiences while learning strategies to create meaningful, lasting improvements in their lives.
Mindfulness teaches clients to stay present and fully aware of their thoughts, feelings, and surroundings. This skill reduces impulsive reactions, improves focus, and helps individuals respond thoughtfully rather than react to emotional triggers.
Distress tolerance equips clients with strategies to handle difficult emotions and crises without resorting to harmful behaviors. These skills foster resilience, self-soothing, and healthier ways to cope with stress.
Emotional regulation helps clients understand and manage intense emotions. By learning to identify triggers, shift unhelpful thought patterns, and reduce emotional vulnerability, clients gain stability and greater control over their mood swings.
Interpersonal effectiveness teaches communication, boundary-setting, and relationship skills. Clients learn to assert their needs, maintain healthy relationships, and resolve conflict while staying true to their values.
Originally developed to treat Borderline Personality Disorder and complex trauma, DBT supports individuals in managing intense emotions, overcoming distressing experiences, and maintaining emotional stability.
DBT has been proven to reduce both the frequency and intensity of self-harm. By teaching emotional regulation and distress tolerance, it helps manage mood swings and difficult emotions, while mindfulness skills reduce engagement in risky actions.
DBT equips clients with tools to recognize and regulate overwhelming thoughts and emotions, helping reduce anxiety, depressive symptoms, and persistent negative thinking patterns. It is effective for several mood disorders, as well, including bipolar disorder.
Insurance coverage should never be a barrier to getting the care you need. We are committed to working with you to navigate insurance options and to find financial solutions that make treatment accessible.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is highly effective in supporting addiction recovery by addressing the emotional and behavioral patterns that often contribute to substance use.
Many individuals turn to drugs or alcohol to cope with overwhelming emotions, trauma, or stress. DBT provides practical strategies to manage these feelings without relying on substances, helping clients build healthier coping mechanisms and reduce the risk of relapse.
DBT works alongside traditional addiction treatment by combining individual therapy, group sessions, and skills coaching to strengthen emotional regulation, mindfulness, and stress tolerance. This approach helps clients navigate cravings, triggers, and high-risk situations while developing the confidence and resilience needed for long-term recovery
Individual DBT therapy focuses on personalized, one-on-one sessions where clients work closely with their therapist to identify and address distressing emotions, practice mindfulness, and rebuild relationships.
DBT skills groups and workshops include mindfulness exercises, and lessons often focus on a different DBT skill module, such as distress tolerance, relationship and conflict resolution, and emotional regulation.
Treatment plans are created collaboratively by the client and therapist to ensure care is personalized and meaningful. By understanding your background, goals, and unique emotional experiences, DBT sessions become more effective.
We understand the role that trauma often plays in substance use. Our trauma-sensitive care focuses on safety, empowerment, and healing, ensuring treatment respects your experiences and fosters resilience.
Our team, including our founders, has personally navigated recovery. We are dedicated to bringing empathy, insight, and authenticity to your treatment experience. Lived experience offers real-world understanding and relatability.
Yoga, mindfulness, meditation, art, music, and connection with nature are core to our holistic recovery approach. These support emotional healing and promote relaxation, self-awareness, and inner peace.
We help New Mexicans access evidence-based DBT for emotional regulation and co-occurring mental health needs. Connect with our team today to get started.
Yes, Anchor Behavioral Health accepts most major insurance plans, including Medicaid and commercial providers. We work with you to verify your benefits and make treatment as accessible as possible.
DBT is an evidence-based therapy that helps people manage intense emotions, reduce harmful behaviors, and improve relationships through practical, skills-based treatment.
DBT is effective for individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD), trauma and PTSD, mood disorders, substance use disorders, and anyone who struggles with emotional regulation or distress tolerance.
DBT programs often last 6–12 months, though length varies based on individual goals, needs, and progress.
Yes. DBT is effective for treating substance use alongside mental health conditions by teaching skills to manage cravings, triggers, and emotional distress.
