Integrating Dialectical Behavior Therapy and EMDR Therapy
Designing Your Own Path to Mental Health
Balance, Stability, and Lasting Transformations
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)?
DBT is an evidence based therapy designed to help individuals who experience intense emotions, impulsive behaviors, and relationship challenges. It focuses on four key areas:
Mindfulness Skills: Helps individuals stay present and avoid becoming overwhelmed by distressing thoughts
Emotional Regulation: Teaches techniques to manage extreme emotional reactions and reduce impulsive decision making
Distress Tolerance: Provides strategies to handle difficult situations without resorting to unhealthy coping mechanisms
Interpersonal Effectiveness: Improves communication, boundary setting, and relationship dynamics
Originally developed for borderline personality disorder, DBT is now widely used to help individuals struggling with chronic stress, PTSD, mood disorders, self harm, and emotional dysregulation.
Why We Integrate EMDR & DBT
Healing requires both processing past trauma and developing emotional regulation skills. Together, DBT and EMDR create a comprehensive, research backed therapy plan that promotes deep healing and long term resilience.
EMDR heals unresolved emotional pain by reprocessing traumatic memories.
DBT provides practical tools to manage emotions and behaviors moving forward.
DBT stabilizes emotions before EMDR, making trauma processing more effective.
EMDR addresses deep seated trauma, while DBT ensures long term coping strategies are in place.
Together, they support lasting change for those struggling with trauma, emotional dysregulation, and self destructive patterns.
Is DBT & EMDR Therapy Right for You?
If you experience any of the following, this combined approach may be beneficial:
Intense emotions that feel difficult to control
Unstable relationships or difficulty setting boundaries
Impulsive behaviors, self harm, or suicidal thoughts
Trauma, PTSD, or distressing memories that interfere with daily life
Chronic stress, anxiety, or mood swings
We work with individuals of all backgrounds to create a customized therapy plan that meets their unique needs.
What to Expect in Therapy
Assess
We’ll explore your goals, struggles, and history to create a personalized plan.
DBT Techniques
Introduce practical tools to help with emotional regulation and coping skills, ensuring you have the tools to manage distress.
EMDR Processing
Integrate EMDR to help reprocess and release traumatic memories in a safe and effective way.
Integration & Growth
You’ll gain long term coping skills to maintain progress beyond therapy.