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Tari Lyn Getz
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Devon, PA 19333
I began my career as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) later in life, and I have great passion for the work I do with my clients. I have 10+ years of experience as a therapist for children/teens, adults, and families. I have worked in out-patient, school-based, in-home, and community settings. With younger children and parents, I often employ the principles of Parent-Child Interactive Therapy, focusing on child-directed and parent-directed play. For family therapy, I use a relational approach that is based on positive communication, mutual respect, and active listening skills. I enjoy collaborating with clients on goals.
I began my career as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) later in life, and I have great passion for the work I do with my clients. I have 10+ years of experience as a therapist for children/teens, adults, and families. I have worked in out-patient, school-based, in-home, and community settings. With younger children and parents, I often employ the principles of Parent-Child Interactive Therapy, focusing on child-directed and parent-directed play. For family therapy, I use a relational approach that is based on positive communication, mutual respect, and active listening skills. I enjoy collaborating with clients on goals.
(610) 463-0619 View (610) 463-0619
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Jill Slepman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Devon, PA 19333  (Online Only)
Living with anxiety can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to face it alone. Together, we'll delve into the depths of your emotions, thoughts, and beliefs, unraveling their intricate influence on how you show up in the world. We’ll work together to deepen your understanding of yourself, empowering you to navigate life's challenges with newfound clarity and confidence. Through our work I will support you by identifying and tapping into your unique inner strengths to empower you to achieve your goals and improve emotional health. Working together in a non-judgemental, collaborative space we’ll help you build confidence.
Living with anxiety can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to face it alone. Together, we'll delve into the depths of your emotions, thoughts, and beliefs, unraveling their intricate influence on how you show up in the world. We’ll work together to deepen your understanding of yourself, empowering you to navigate life's challenges with newfound clarity and confidence. Through our work I will support you by identifying and tapping into your unique inner strengths to empower you to achieve your goals and improve emotional health. Working together in a non-judgemental, collaborative space we’ll help you build confidence.
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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.