• The DBT Centre of Vancouver has announced the start dates of its 2012 12-week group for partners, families, and friends of those struggling with Borderline Personality Disorder. For more information on how to register, click here.
• We are pleased to offer a new Adolescent DBT Skills Group for adolescents and their primary caregivers starting in February. To find out more about this group, or register, please read this pamphlet.
• Our next workshop, "Using Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Strategies to Manage Difficult, Therapy-Interfering Behaviours," takes place on May 4. For more information and to register, see here.
• Please feel free to contact us to find out more about our individual client services, adult skills groups, and adolescent skills group.

At the Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Centre of Vancouver, we use compassionate, scientifically supported treatments to help people achieve goals that are important to them and increase the quality of their lives. Our clinicians provide evidence-based individual, group, and family services, and we continually evaluate the quality of these services. We have a full DBT program, including individual therapy, telephone consultation, skills training groups, and a therapist consultation team.

The founders of the DBT Centre of Vancouver completed 2-year post-doctoral fellowships with Dr. Marsha Linehan, who developed DBT. Although we specialize in the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder and other associated problems, we also have extensive training in providing evidence-based treatment for a variety of other problems. In addition, we offer consultation, training, and community outreach programs to help students and professionals learn about effective treatments.

Among the problems we can assist people with are:

• Problems managing emotions
• Suicidal thinking or behaviour (e.g., suicide attempts)
• Self-injury and other self-destructive behaviours
• Borderline personality disorder
• Impulsive behaviours that can be dangerous (such as reckless driving, spending, sex, etc.)
• Depression
• Anxiety and related problems
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Alcohol or drug problems
• Eating disorders (Bulimia & Binge-Eating)
• Anger management problems
• Chronic feelings of emptiness
• Difficulties building and maintaining healthy relationships
• Problems with sexual health or functioning
• Other quality of life issues

For more information, please call us at 604-569-1156