My psychologist at my rehab and my pdoc both think I could benefit from DBT. But my psych hospital is the only hospital in Toronto, that offers it, and its program has something like a 2 year waiting list. My pdoc told me that the Canadian Mental Health Agency offered it, but when i called them they said that they'd discontinued the program.

So I've spent the afternoon googling and phoning around and have managed to find a few DBT therapists. I can't believe how few there are in a city of 4 million people.

Anyway I found a private clinic which runs a 20 week, 2 hours a week program, that costs $2,400. That's actually pretty good for private therapy. I'd feel better about it, if I was actually working, but I figure I could really benefit from the treatment so I'm willing to put it on my credit card.

I'm just wondering if anyone else has any experience with having done DBT? Did it help with mood regulation? Was it really intense? Anything I should ask before going in?

Thanks.

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