Atlanta DBT Center
stop surviving, solve suffering, savor living, & start thriving
balancing acceptance & change
to build a life worth living & sharing
Atlanta
A full protocol DBT program--the first in the southeast, run by Georgia's FIRST Intensively Trained Clinician in DBT, RO-DBT, DBT-PE,MBT & Psychodrama!
Dialectical
Dedicated to building a life worth living--without us.
BehaviorBehavioral Specialists Intensively Trained in every DBT specialty.
Therapy
Therapists committed to providing expertise for your needs
services
Individual Therapy
Adults
Young Adults
Adolescents
Families
Couples
Intensive Options Available (IOP/PHP)
DBT
&
RO-DBT Skills Classes
In person/Virtual
FOR:
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Adults
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Families
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multi-family Adolescents
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multi-family Young Adults
Call 770-833-0227 or email us to make an appointment to visit us, meet the clinicians, and enjoy a skills class on the house.
modalities practiced:
CBT ⸰ DBT
EMDR ⸰ RO-DBT
⸰ EXPERIENTIAL
⸰ PSYCHODRAMA
⸰ANGER MANAGEMENT
⸰ HEALTH MANAGEMENT
⸰ INTERPERSONAL FOCUSED (IPT)
⸰ MENTALIZATION BASED TREATMENT (MBT)
whole people, complete DBT
We don't "DO" DBT.
We are Dialectical Behavior Therapy Clinicians.
DBT is balance.
DBT is a way of life.
DBT is a way of thinking.
DBT is acceptance and change.
DBT is courage to do something new.
Let's DO what works, instead of what should work!
"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are"
Anaïs Nin
DID YOU KNOW
THAT DBT ACTUALLY HAS
FOUR STAGES TO TREATMENT?
And when you go to a DBT program, you only get ONE?
Mental Health Treatment SHOULD be curative in focus, just as all other medicine is.
Just "better" is not enough!
Atlanta DBT has developed the first curriculum for Stage III and IV DBT, to ensure complete treatment. Our goal is that once you have a remission of symptoms, it stays that way.
WHY US?
Our team leader is Georgia's
FIRST Intensively Trained DBT Clinician &
FIRST Intensively Trained RO-DBT Clinician &
FIRST Intensively Trained DBT-PE Clinician
with over FOURTY years of experience in medicine & behavioral health.
The only program worldwide
to see this treatment through
ALL 4 stages to true completion.
YOU DESERVE A COMPLETE TREATMENT,
not just the one stage that most offer...
At Atlanta DBT, you will receive the complete treatment of all 4 stages for a sustainable, healthy outcome.
STAGES OF DBT
STAGE 1
DBT
Emotional Dyscontrol:
developing emotional control
RO-DBT
Emotional Loneliness:
developing emotional connection
Only receiving Stage 1 DBT/RO treatment is like graduating elementary school but being expected to get into college...
STAGE 3
Ordinary Living:
Solving Problems & Maintaining Control
Quieting the noise is a great start....but you have to learn to make music to bring harmony into your world.
Stage I
Behavioral Control
Over Life Threatening Behaviors
3 components:
1. Individual DBT Psychotherapy
2. Skills Coaching In Real Time
3. Skills Classes, which teach:
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Mindfulness
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Interpersonal Effectiveness
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Emotion Regulation
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Distress Tolerance
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Radical Openness
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Walking the Middle Path
Stage II
Quiet Desperation: Dealing with PTSD & Trauma
Prolonged Exposure:
2 components
1. Imaginal Practice
2. In Vivo Practice
Stage III
Ordinary Living: Solving Problems & Maintaining Control
2 Modules
1. My-ndful Mentalization
2. Dialectical Patterns
3. Uncertainty Management
INTERPERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS....to.... MY*NDFUL MENTALIZING
the focus moves from stabalizing to mentalizing in relationships
EMOTION REGULATION....to.... DIALECTICAL PATTERNS
we move from regulating emotions in the moment to identifying and changing long term patterns
Stage IV
Completeness:
Meaning in Purpose
& Work
1 Module:
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Cognitive Resiliency
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Uncertainty Management
DISTRESS TOLERANCE....to.... COGNITIVE RESILIENCY
we move from momentary tolerating of distress to becoming anti-fragile and devloping the choice to experience distress.
RADICAL OPENNESS....to.... UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT
we finess the art of thriving in uncertainty after learning the art of being comfortable with uncomfortableness.
Satellite Offices
(Individual DBT Psychotherapy)
Ellijay
Stephen, Marks, MS, LPC
6025 Atlantic Blvd Suite A, Norcross, GA 30071, USA
(o) (770) 452-0786
(c) (770)833-0227