These services offered for relatives who are interested in supporting their loved one as they complete treatment or for family members who would like to be therapy together. Specifically, parent coaching is provided to parents who are interested in learning DBT skills, improving their ability to set and hold limits and would like to assist their child’s recovery.
For every client we work with, we start with a comprehensive assessment and then collaborate with the client to set treatment goals and create an individualized treatment plan. We recognize every individual has different needs and therapy should be accommodating and supportive of that.
Our comprehensive DBT program is an out patient therapy program that designed to help those who have found traditional talk therapy does not meet their needs. The program is most appropriate for adults, teens and families who struggle to control their emotions and behaviors. This program is highly structured, solution focused, and focuses on replacing destructive habits, emotions and thoughts with more effective solutions. The four components of the program are:
1. Weekly individual therapy session: 50 minutes
2. Weekly DBT skills group session: 90 minutes
3. Phone coaching: ability to reach out to your individual therapist for problem solving and crisis management in between sessions
4. Weekly DBT Consultation Team Meeting (this is for your therapist only)
Just participating in a DBT skills group or working with a DBT informed therapist is effective for some. Our program follows the treatment protocol that has demonstrated in many clinical trials to be highly effective for individuals struggling with high risk behaviors, emotional dysregulation, Borderline Personality Disorder, Binge Eating Disorder and addictions.
At Great Lakes Therapy Center, we specialize in a solution focused and structured approach including comprehensive DBT.
We are committed to providing a welcoming and peaceful environment that promotes healing, acceptance and growth. We do this by working collaboratively with each individual client or family and then structuring treatment to address those individual needs and goals.
Our therapists have received advanced training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and other evidenced based treatments. Our passion is providing effective therapy and helping our clients reach their goals!
We have experience working with complex and hard to treat conditions. At Great Lakes Therapy Center, we provide therapy to both adults and teens. Many of our clients are transitioning from residential programs, PHP or IOP programs back into their day to day routines. We structure treatment to be supportive of those transitions and aim to prevent return to higher level of care.
We also frequently work with clients who have found traditional/process based therapy ineffective and are interested in a more structured and intensive approach.