Intensive Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Program
The Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Intensive Treatment Program is an evidence-based treatment model for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), with shown efficacy for varied mental health issues (anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, substance misuse).
Evidence-Based Treatment
We use DBT to address experiences of emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, and difficulty managing relationships and stress.
Treatment at the Right Dose
Treatment plans are tailored to your unique needs integrated within weekly individual therapy sessions; coached calls, and group therapy
Compassionate Care
Care is aimed at fostering emotional healing, resilience, and well-being through the cultivation of compassion.
Personalized Holistic Care
OICBT addresses the whole person, considering physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions, and tailoring interventions to meet a client’s unique needs and circumstances. OICBT embraces inclusive client-centered care that integrates a variety of modalities and treatment interventions to support individuals in achieving optimal wellness aligned with their authentic self.
Stepped Care
Our intensive DBT program is delivered within a stepped care model so that treatment is flexible, responsive and based on your unique needs and circumstances. It promotes efficient resources (time, money), collaborative decision-making, and ongoing monitoring to optimize treatment outcomes. Flexibility allows you to receive varying intensity levels that are responsive and tailored to your ongoing circumstances and progress through treatment.
DBT Intensive Treatment Program
The Dialectical Behavioural Therapy intensive treatment program at the OICBT is based on best-practice models for the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. This Program is also helpful for those experiencing Bipolar Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity or comorbidities related to anxiety disorders (social anxiety disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, and Agoraphobia), Depression, trauma-related disorders (including PTSD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Substance Misuse, and Eating Disorders . This program is based on evidence-based CBT practices, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Motivational interviewing, and Acceptance and Commitment therapy (ACT). With these interventions, we aim to help you overcome your symptoms and impact on important life goals so you can feel empowered and re-engage in valued activities.
This is a comprehensive treatment program involving weekly individual therapy sessions, coach therapy sessions, group therapy, interpersonally-based sessions and/or family accommodation. Our team includes psychologists, social workers, behavioural therapists, and occupational therapists. Our intensive programs integrate a stepped-care approach, tailoring intensity level based on clients’ needs and progress.
Outline of the DBT Intensive Treatment Program:
Clients are involved with the program between 4.5 hours/week to 11 hours/week, for an average of 12 weeks.
This program involves:
- A tailored case conceptualization and treatment plan based on your presenting issues and therapy/life goals.
- Weekly coached sessions (therapy sessions focused on the application of skills)
- Weekly individual therapy sessions with a primary therapist (therapy sessions with the lead therapist focused on treatment planning, progress, obstacles, and application of skills)
- Weekly DBT Group Therapy that covers each of the following modules:
- Emotion Regulation Skills (9 sessions): Learning to understand, name and change emotions.
- Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills (7 sessions): Learning to maintain healthy relationships and foster self-respect
- Distress Tolerance Skills (8 sessions): Learning to survive and manage crisis periods.
- Interpersonally-based sessions focusing on topics such as self-esteem and interpersonal patterns.
- Family can be integrated into treatment with the goal of helping you to recognize and interrupt unhelpful patterns through the active reduction of reassurance and accommodation behaviours
- Home and community-based visits can apply to target symptoms in the environments in which they interfere the most
Frequently Asked Questions: DBT Intensive Program
Understanding the difference between services can feel overwhelming. We are here to help! Please keep reading to see our answers to some common questions about our DBT Intensive Treatment Program.
All services are carefully selected and are a required aspect of your care to allow you to best gain from treatment; however, the integration of family into individual sessions is not a requirement. Research supports that the inclusion of both Individual and Group DBT leads to improved therapy progress.
This maximizes the effectiveness of treatments by optimizing the frequency, timing, and intensity of service delivery.
You are not required to complete more than one module. However, clients best gain from the program if they complete all 3 modules. Both group and individual sessions are required.
This session is to review policies of the Intensive Program, the consent, plan treatment goals, and schedule your treatment team.
This session is intended to outline the policies of the DBT Program and to collaboratively set treatment goals.
