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Dialectical Behavior Therapy
(DBT)
Program Description
Specialized services for Dialectical
Behavior Therapy are offered as part of the Children�s Mental Health Program.
All adolescents/families referred will complete a request for services
application. The primary therapist will then conduct a specialized in-depth
assessment to evaluate if the adolescent meets admission criteria. If the
adolescent meets admission criteria they will be treated based on identified
needs and strengths. The Adolescent DBT Program consists of four primary
components involving individual therapy, group skills training, telephone
contact and therapist consultation.
Examples Of Targets For Individual
Therapy:
- Decreasing suicidal behavior
- Decreasing therapy interfering behaviors
- Decreasing behaviors that interfere with the quality of life
and home environment
- Increasing behavioral skills
- Decreasing behaviors related to stress
- Improving self-esteem
The goal of skills training is to change behavioral, emotional
and thinking patterns that cause personal misery and interpersonal distress.
Skill training is offered in a group context where adolescents and their
parents/guardians are taught skills considered relevant to the particular
problems experienced by suicidal youth. The four skills training curriculum
modules focus on; identity confusion (core mindfulness skills), unstable
relationships (interpersonal effectiveness skills), mood lability (emotional
modulation skills), and impulsivity (distress tolerance skills). Between
sessions the adolescent and his/her family is offered telephone contact with
his/her therapist, including non-traditional hours (evenings and weekends). The
intent is to give the family help and support in applying the skills that their
child has learned to their real life situation between sessions and to help find
ways of avoiding self-injury.
Hours:
Monday-Thursday, 8
a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Weekends as scheduled
Service
Areas:
Pasco and Hernando counties
Locations:
West Pasco
County: New Port Richey
The Harbor -
Children�s Treatment Center
8132 King Helie Blvd.
New Port Richey, FL 34653
(727)
834-3959
East Pasco County: Dade City
The Harbor -
Doris Cook Smith Campus
14527 7th Street
Dade City, FL 33523
(352)
521-1474
Hernando County:
Brooksville
The Harbor -
Hernando Campus
7074 Grove Road
Brooksville, Florida 34609
(352)
540-9335
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