Zoo, I am a big supporter for DBT and have been helped so much by it. But I'm really puzzled by the way your T does DBT. I don't think it's the usual DBT practice to solely focus on learning skills in every session while the stuff in your life is just put on hold. That is why most DBT programs insist that patients have regular therapy with their DBT trained therapist while doing skills training in a separate group. There is usually a skills training group once a week plus therapy once a week. It sounds like since your sui attempt, she has been only doing skills training, and not doing regular therapy. do you have a separate group? If she is it and you are doing just DBT with her, it still should not be solely about skills training completely separate from what is going on with you right now. You can't really have one without the other. I would think you would need to talk about stuff in order to learn how to apply the skills. I can see trauma work being put on hold until you have a better grasp of skills, but you should be able to talk about what is going on in your life. That's just my opinion.