Dialectical Behavior (DBT) Therapists in 06455
Zack Etter
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CMPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Middlefield, CT 06455
As a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Mental Performance Coach, and former Division 1 football coach, I am uniquely positioned to help athletes and high performers improve their mental health and develop mental skills necessary to reach their full potential. Clients will learn mental skills such as Confidence, Emotional Regulation, Resilience, managing Performance Anxiety, and more. Clients will partake in an individually designed counseling program to address mental health concerns that are affecting their life and performance.
As a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Mental Performance Coach, and former Division 1 football coach, I am uniquely positioned to help athletes and high performers improve their mental health and develop mental skills necessary to reach their full potential. Clients will learn mental skills such as Confidence, Emotional Regulation, Resilience, managing Performance Anxiety, and more. Clients will partake in an individually designed counseling program to address mental health concerns that are affecting their life and performance.
Kaitlin Binnington
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Middlefield, CT 06455
Hi there! I’m so glad you have decided to take the step to seek out support! Therapy can be an essential part of a persons journey, especially gaining an understanding of who they are and taking steps towards their life goals. I would love to support you in that process! I consider it an honor and privilege to be trusted by you, to share your most vulnerable moments/feelings, and to process through the messiness of life. I believe in utilizing the therapeutic process to support you in taking power back in your life. I love pets on camera, relaxed sessions, using humor and honest feedback to build trust so I can push you when needed.
Hi there! I’m so glad you have decided to take the step to seek out support! Therapy can be an essential part of a persons journey, especially gaining an understanding of who they are and taking steps towards their life goals. I would love to support you in that process! I consider it an honor and privilege to be trusted by you, to share your most vulnerable moments/feelings, and to process through the messiness of life. I believe in utilizing the therapeutic process to support you in taking power back in your life. I love pets on camera, relaxed sessions, using humor and honest feedback to build trust so I can push you when needed.
Alison Caldwell-Andrews
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Middlefield, CT 06455
You've probably already tried to figure out how to feel better. Sick of being told that you're "too sensitive" or "overreacting," you're exhausted by how emotions and memories reach out and grab you, ripping you from your best efforts at stability. The effects of trauma, including high levels of anxiety, may make you wish you could simply just get rid of your emotions. It doesn't seem to matter how smart you are or how great a problem-solver you are in other areas of your life. The end result is that you're discouraged. I offer a collaborative approach with interventions that work. Come work with me and find hope and change.
You've probably already tried to figure out how to feel better. Sick of being told that you're "too sensitive" or "overreacting," you're exhausted by how emotions and memories reach out and grab you, ripping you from your best efforts at stability. The effects of trauma, including high levels of anxiety, may make you wish you could simply just get rid of your emotions. It doesn't seem to matter how smart you are or how great a problem-solver you are in other areas of your life. The end result is that you're discouraged. I offer a collaborative approach with interventions that work. Come work with me and find hope and change.
Agnieszka Sikorska
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Middlefield, CT 06455
Not accepting new clients
I ground my therapeutic work on supporting person’s inherent strive to change and grow, as well as on potential to heal and adapt. My relational approach to therapy is based on discovering personal or relational wants, needs, and traumas, as well as improvement and stabilization of interpersonal connections. I support my clients in exploring the benefits of nurturing the wholesomeness of personhood in aspects of emotionality, physicality, spirituality and intellectuality, including examining perfectionism, ineffective behaviors, learning skills to manage difficult situations, tolerating discomfort, self-regulation, and self-care.
I ground my therapeutic work on supporting person’s inherent strive to change and grow, as well as on potential to heal and adapt. My relational approach to therapy is based on discovering personal or relational wants, needs, and traumas, as well as improvement and stabilization of interpersonal connections. I support my clients in exploring the benefits of nurturing the wholesomeness of personhood in aspects of emotionality, physicality, spirituality and intellectuality, including examining perfectionism, ineffective behaviors, learning skills to manage difficult situations, tolerating discomfort, self-regulation, and self-care.
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Dialectical Behavior (DBT) Therapists
Who is DBT for?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is designed for people who experience extreme emotional suffering because they lack the skills of emotion regulation and distress tolerance. The basic affliction can underlie a wide range of conditions, from borderline and other personality disorders to PTSD and treatment-resistant anxiety and depression. The therapy is helpful to those whose emotional reactivity is so intense it is disruptive to everyday functioning and leads to frequent crises.
Why do people need DBT?
The ability to regulate emotions is a core psychological skill that enables people to function in life and pay attention to the world outside themselves; it is consistently associated with well-being. DBT is designed to help people learn how to manage and regulate their emotions. Originally developed to treat people with borderline personality disorder whose extreme emotional suffering led to self-harming behavior and suicide attempts, the therapy is now applied to other conditions involving emotion dysregulation, particularly when other treatments have failed.
What happens in DBT?
Individuals meet weekly with their therapist to discuss their experiences relating to moods, behavior, and skills. Using checklists they maintain, they review emotional experiences and positive practices they engage in. The diaries help individuals discern what led up to a specific problem encountered, this is followed by discussion of the consequences of their actions. In addition, individuals may meet in class-like small groups to learn skills such as mindfulness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
How long does DBT last?
Because it is intended to establish long-lasting behavioral change among those with persistent problems, DBT is designed to last six months to a year. DBT includes both weekly sessions of individual therapy and weekly skills-training sessions conducted in small groups. Studies of DBT have documented improvement within a year of treatment, particularly in controlling self-harmful behavior; nevertheless, individuals may require therapy for several years.