Katie: DBT is Dialectical Behavioral Therapy & it was originally designed for people who where dxed with borderline personality disorder. I have the dx of bipolar 1 & all the other women (about 8 of us total) in the group are dxed as borderline, but I fit right in as I have the escalating emotions & huge problem of distressing thoughts overtaking me (jealousy, hurt, paranoia, etc.).

As far as finding DBT in your area I'll have to go get my manual out of the car & see if it has a web site as the therapist has to go through specialized training.

It is actually more of a class where you learn lots of skills, techniques, tools then have homework each week to do & then report back to the group as to how you did & discuss it & get feedback & brain storm on areas you are having difficulty with. It is helping me retrain my thinking that leads me to jump to neg. conclusions.--Suzy