[gaia67]

Does anyone have experience with DBT with just a therapist and not a group as well? How was/is it for you?

I do individual DBT with clients. I much prefer the group + individual because going over skills takes so much time and seems to take away from a lot of other content that could be used as examples in session. It is most certainly doable, though.

[gkeeper]

I did individual DBT. I sometimes wished I had found a group, but just as often, if not more often, (based on my experience with non-DBT group therapy) I was glad that I hadn't. On one hand, there were times it would have been great to hear how others were applying some of the skills. On the other hand, doing it all individually allowed us to move on if I "got" something fairly quickly - which I appreciated a lot.

[PTSDlovemycats]

I did a bit of individual DBT with my T a few years ago when i was quite unstable, It helped quite a bit. I learned a lot of skills and still use them. She got me a really great book as well..I forget the title of it but can look it up if you would like. She used to make me read certain parts of it and give me homework from it. DBT really helped my SUI and SI urges as well as my affect dysregulation (Which was horrendous at the time) and we noticed a huge overall improvement. It is hard though and there are no short cuts with it. The one thing that we have kept using is the phone calls.

[gaia67]

Thanks everyone. I have only seen the new therapist once, for intake, so we will see how it goes.

[WikidPissah]

good luck gaia...I hope it works out well for you...keep us informed as this subject/question seems to pop up frequently.