Dialectical Behavior Informed Therapy (DBT-Informed)
Therapy for Emotional Regulation, Stress & Relationship Challenges
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a skills-based therapy approach designed to help individuals improve emotional regulation, distress tolerance, communication, and mindfulness.
Many people seek DBT-informed therapy when they feel emotionally overwhelmed, reactive, anxious, impulsive, highly sensitive, or stuck in painful relationship patterns.
At EMDR Counseling Collective, we integrate DBT-informed skills into trauma-focused therapy to help clients build healthier coping strategies and improve emotional stability.
DBT-Informed Therapy May Help With:
- Emotional overwhelm
- Anxiety and panic
- Relationship conflict
- Boundary difficulties
- Impulsive reactions
- Chronic stress
- Trauma responses
- Emotional sensitivity
- Distress tolerance difficulties
- Self-esteem struggles
Core DBT Skills
DBT focuses on four primary skill areas:
- Mindfulness
- Distress tolerance
- Emotion regulation
- Interpersonal effectiveness
These skills help clients better navigate stressful situations, communicate more effectively, and reduce reactive or self-defeating patterns.
DBT & Trauma Therapy
Many trauma survivors experience nervous system dysregulation, emotional flooding, shutdown, or difficulty managing intense emotions. DBT-informed skills can help clients feel more grounded and emotionally supported before or alongside deeper trauma processing work such as EMDR therapy.
DBT-Informed Therapy in Chandler, AZ
We provide DBT-informed therapy in-person in Chandler and through telehealth across Arizona.