Develop powerful emotional regulation skills with specialized Dialectical Behavior Therapy at Agape Counseling Service. Originally designed for managing intense emotions and self-destructive behaviors, DBT provides effective tools for building mindfulness, distress tolerance, and healthier relationships that can transform your daily life.

Our DBT approach integrates acceptance and change strategies, helping you navigate emotional challenges while building the skills needed for a more balanced, fulfilling life in a supportive, non-judgmental environment.

• Comprehensive Skill Development
  DBT focuses on four essential skill modules: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. These core components work together to help you become more aware of your emotions, develop healthier responses to distress, manage intense feelings effectively, and improve your relationships with others. This holistic approach addresses both immediate challenges and long-term patterns.
  
  
• Personalized Treatment Approach
  Beginning with a thorough assessment, our licensed therapists identify which DBT skills will be most beneficial for your specific situation. Unlike rigid treatment programs, our approach adapts DBT techniques to your unique needs, ensuring therapy addresses your particular challenges while building on your existing strengths. This tailored methodology maximizes therapeutic benefits while respecting your individual journey.
  
  
• Practical Application Resources
  DBT is highly practical, providing concrete skills you can implement immediately. Our therapists offer specialized worksheets, exercises, and between-session guidance that reinforce what you learn during therapy. These resources help you practice new skills in real-world situations, accelerating your progress and creating sustainable change. You'll develop a personalized toolkit of strategies that work specifically for you.
  
  
• Balanced Dialectical Approach
  The foundation of DBT is the balance between acceptance and change – learning to accept yourself while simultaneously working to improve. This dialectical perspective helps resolve the internal conflicts that often drive emotional distress and destructive behaviors. Our therapists guide you through this process with compassion and expertise, helping you find your personal balance between self-acceptance and positive growth.

DBT is particularly effective for addressing these challenges that many individuals in our community face:

Specialized DBT Services in Cañon City

At Agape Counseling Service, our approach to DBT maintains the evidence-based structure of this powerful therapeutic modality while incorporating the compassion and understanding that defines our practice. Developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan, DBT has expanded beyond its original focus on borderline personality disorder to help individuals with a wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges.

Our licensed therapists have specialized training in DBT techniques, allowing them to effectively teach mindfulness practices, distress tolerance strategies, emotion regulation skills, and interpersonal effectiveness tools. These skills work together to help you create a more balanced, meaningful life – one where you can experience emotions without being overwhelmed by them.

We provide DBT services to adolescents and adults throughout Fremont County and surrounding areas, with flexible scheduling options and acceptance of most major insurance providers, including Medicaid and Medicare. Our sliding fee scale ensures that financial concerns don't prevent you from accessing the care you need.

Experience the life-changing benefits of skillful emotional management through Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Contact us to schedule your initial DBT assessment and begin your journey toward emotional balance and fulfillment.