DBT Therapy in Beverly Hills and Online Across CA
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Evidence-based therapy for managing intense emotions, tumultuous relationships, low self-esteem, and difficulties in living that have not been helped by traditional talk therapy.
What Is DBT?
DBT is a skills-based treatment that balances acceptance and change to support self-awareness, emotion regulation, and healthier relationships.
DBT therapy can help you:
✨ Feel more steady inside when emotions rise
🧭 Respond instead of react when patterns get activated
🤝 Strengthen relationships and stay connected to yourself in the process
🌿 Let go of shame and relate to yourself with more kindness
🧠 Build skills you can actually use in daily life and moments of overwhelm
💬 Understand what your emotions are trying to tell you, rather than fighting them
My approach to DBT
DBT is more than learning skills. In our work together, you also have a warm and collaborative space to understand yourself, notice patterns with compassion, and build tools that support who you want to become.
I blend DBT’s structure with depth-oriented therapy, attachment work, and trauma-informed care. We focus on skills that help in the moment while also exploring the emotional and relational roots beneath your patterns.
I offer comprehensive DBT and DBT-informed therapy. Both approaches combine skills, thoughtful reflection, and a supportive therapeutic relationship to help you create lasting change. You do not have to choose between coping strategies and deeper insight. You deserve both.
Comprehensive DBT and DBT-informed services are available for adults, teens, and parents
DBT Treatment Options
Comprehensive DBT Program
Comprehensive DBT is the gold-standard treatment for people who experience intense emotions, chronic patterns that feel hard to change, suicidality, or self-harm urges
This approach includes:
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Individual DBT therapy sessions are more structured than typical therapy. At the beginning of treatment, I will help you create a diary card to track daily emotions, thoughts, and actions. Based on your diary card, we set an agenda each session to address life threatening behaviors (suicidal and self-harm behaviors), behaviors interfering with your progress in therapy, and behaviors interfering with your quality of life.
Sessions are highly interactive and collaborative. In the room, you are the expert in your own life, I am the expert in DBT, and we work together as equals to help you build a life that you experience as worth living.
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Weekly, 90-minute DBT skills groups offer training in 4 key modules:
Mindfulness: Skills for being fully aware and present in the current moment
Distress Tolerance: Skills for tolerating crisis situations without making them worse and for increasing ability and willingness to accept difficult realities
Emotion Regulation: Skills for changing unwanted emotions and increasing emotional resilience
Interpersonal Effectiveness: Skills for making requests and setting limits in relationships, while still maintaining effective relationships and maintaining your self-respect
Please inquire for adult and teen group availability.
Teen Program: Parent participation in skills learning is part of comprehensive DBT. We will discuss options for group vs individual skills support for parents if your teen is in comprehensive DBT.
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The DBT model acknowledges that learning is context-dependent - it is one thing to learn a skill in the contained environment of a DBT skills group or discuss a skill in your individual session, and a very different thing to then use that same skill out in the wild.
Between-session phone coaching offers you the opportunity to reach out to your therapist for support in using skills in your day to day context.
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For a therapist to offer comprehensive DBT, they must be part of a DBT consultation team that meets weekly. The purpose of this consultation meeting is to support your therapist in refining the skills and approaches they need to provide you the highest quality, highest fidelity DBT treatment possible.
I am part of a consultation team of highly skilled and experienced DBT therapists that meets weekly and also receives monthly consultation from internationally renowned DBT consultants. If you have questions about the members of my team, please inquire with me directly and I’ll be happy to discuss this with you.
DBT-Informed Individual Therapy
DBT-informed therapy blends DBT principles and skills with insight-oriented talk therapy. It is flexible and tailored for people who want structure and emotional support without committing to a full program.
This approach can be ideal if you want to:
Build emotional regulation skills
Strengthen boundaries and communication
Reduce anxiety, shame, or self-criticism
Understand your patterns with more clarity and kindness
DBT Skills Training
Individual DBT Skills Training
For those seeking a personalized skills training experience, I offer one-on-one DBT skills sessions. We use the standard DBT skills manual, but hone in on the skills most relevant to you, at a pace that works for you.
Scheduled at your convenience
DBT Skills Group
For adults already in therapy but seeking a structured format in which to learn DBT skills, I offer DBT skills groups as an adjunctive service to your existing treatment. We cover the 4 DBT skills modules: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness.
Inquire for availability