PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES

  • Individual DBT (for adults and teens)

  • Individual, Couples and Family Psychotherapy using various skill-based orientations

  • Comprehensive DBT Skills Training Groups (for adults only)

    A DBT skills training group that is fully adherent to the DBT treatment model outlined by Marsha Linehan, Ph.D., ABPP. Clients in this group must be in weekly individual therapy with one of our SFDBT-affiliated therapists or a DBT therapist in the community that participates in a weekly DBT consultation team meeting and provides 24-hour skills phone coaching. 

    • Schedule of DBT Skills Training Groups:

      Tuesdays: 5:00 to 7:00 PM

      Wednesdays: 6:00 to 8:00 PM

    Adjunctive Services

    • Skills Training for Adults

      Skills-training group that is based on the skills taught in Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Participation is appropriate for people who do not necessitate Comprehensive DBT. For more information please click here.

      • Schedule of Skills Training for Adults Groups:

        Wednesdays: 5:30-7:00 PM

        Thursdays: 1:00-2:30 PM

    • Skills Training for Teens

      A skills-training group that is based on the skills taught in Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Participation is appropriate for teens who do not necessitate Comprehensive DBT.

      • Schedule of Skills Training for Teen Group:

        • Beginning late October, if interested please contact us for more information

    • DBT Graduate Group (for adults only)

      A support group for clients who have completed Stage I DBT skills group and who want to continue to strengthen and generalize skills in managing distress and problems of daily living, with a special focus on building mastery and increasing compassion towards themselves and others. This group also helps clients work towards their life worth living goals in areas such as education, work, relationships, spirituality, health, sexuality and sobriety.

      • Clients need to have graduated from a DBT Skills Training Group and have a fundamental knowledge of the skills.  Clients outside of SFDBT need to be referred by a DBT therapist that they have worked with in the past or are currently in treatment with. 

      • If interested please contact Francie Burkhard directly at fburkhard@sfdbt.com

      • Schedule of DBT Graduate Group:

        Mondays: 5:30-7:00 PM

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The San Francisco Dialectical Behavior Therapy Center is certified DBT Program by the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification.