-OUR APPROACH
Balance acceptance and change with practical, mindful skills.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) blends cognitive-behavioural tools with mindfulness to support emotional balance and resilience. It is especially helpful for ADHD and intense emotions, offering skills for regulation, distress tolerance, and building healthier relationships. At Sao Therapy, our therapists provide a supportive space to practise DBT and grow toward greater stability and well-being.
HOW CAN Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) HELP?
Build skills to move through difficult emotions with greater steadiness and choice.
DBT can help you understand emotional patterns, tolerate distress, and respond more intentionally when feelings become intense. Together, we can build practical skills for emotion regulation, mindfulness, communication, and navigating difficult moments without losing connection to yourself.
Q & A
Common questions
CBT helps you recognize and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. DBT builds on this by adding mindfulness and skills for managing emotions, stress, and relationships. Both approaches support growth in different, complementary ways.
DBT combines mindfulness with practical skill-building, helping you manage emotions, cope with stress, and improve relationships in a supportive way.
DBT offers grounding skills, emotional regulation, and mindfulness practices that make it easier to cope with distressing memories and triggers. By balancing acceptance with change, it helps create a greater sense of safety and stability. Over time, these tools can support healing and strengthen resilience in daily life.
The number of DBT sessions varies depending on your goals and needs. Some people find benefit in just a few months, while others continue longer to strengthen their skills. At Sao Therapy, we'll work with you to create a pace and plan that feels supportive and sustainable.
You can learn skills to move through intense emotions without losing connection to yourself.
We’d be happy to connect you with a clinician who can help you build greater steadiness, confidence, and choice.
We are NOT a crisis service. If you are in crisis, please call 911, go to your nearest emergency department, or dial 310-6789 in BC for urgent support.
