Comprehensive DBT with Lalonde Psychology

Dr. Marsha Linehan developed Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) to help people who were suffering from personality disorders, intense interpersonal difficulties, and emotional regulation and who have attempted suicide or engage in self-harming behaviours. Initially developed for people with difficulty handling intense emotions, this therapy focuses on striking a healthy balance between accepting oneself and acknowledging a need for change. 

Dialectical Behavior Therapy equips people with valuable skills to cope with and manage difficult emotions or situations, and over time, DBT has been adapted and used to help people with a variety of complex emotional problems, such as those with borderline personality disorder (BPD), people with eating or substance-related disorders, complex and comorbid presentations, anxiety and treatment-resistant depression, and trauma, among many other difficulties. Through more than two decades of scientific research, DBT has been established as a highly effective and evidence-based treatment. 

At Lalonde Psychology Comprehensive DBT can include:

• Weekly individual therapy sessions - where the client is working on building a life worth living and personal goals that are organized with the clinician and client. 
• Weekly DBT Skills Training Group - where clients learn critical skills in mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, distress tolerance and dialectical/middle path skills. 
• Phone coaching - that supports skill generalization between sessions.
• Consult team - DBT is a community of therapists helping a community of clients. DBT therapists meet weekly to discuss cases and provide the supervision, training, and support required to be effective therapists.

Dr. Lalonde Carmen is intensively trained in implementing DBT across the lifespan and is board-certified through the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification. She is intensively trained in providing DBT-C for children and their parents, DBT-A for adolescents and their parents, and Standard DBT for Adults. She is also trained in delivering DBT for couples and families, DBT-PE for trauma and DBT-SUD for substance use disorders. As a board-certified clinician, Dr. Lalonde is committed to providing high-quality, gold-standard adherent DBT. In addition to providing comprehensive DBT and informed DBT treatment (components of DBT based on need), Dr. Lalonde also offers external consultation for new and current DBT teams, DBT training and presentations and attends advanced training to further and deepen her knowledge.

Please get in touch with us if you are interested in receiving DBT treatment, joining one of our DBT groups or gaining more information on whether DBT is appropriate for you.

Lalonde Psychology is currently accepting applications for the Adult DBT Group, which will start in January 2025. Please contact Lalonde Psychology to reserve your spot, as space is limited.

“It is hard to be happy without a life worth living. This is a fundamental tenet of DBT. Of course, all lives are worth living in reality. No life is not worth living. But what is important is that you experience your life as worth living—one that is satisfying, and one that brings happiness.”
― Marsha M. Linehan