When emotions spike fast, when you shut down, or when relationships feel like a constant push-pull, it can be exhausting. DBT offers practical skills to help you get back on your feet: emotion regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness. In-person downtown Victoria and online across BC.
We'll build a toolbox you can rely on: grounding, distress tolerance, emotion regulation plans, and interpersonal scripts for hard conversations. We'll practice in real time and troubleshoot what gets in the way. When trauma is part of the picture, we'll pace the work with care and weave in somatic regulation.
Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) was developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan to help people who feel emotions intensely. The "dialectic" is holding two things at once: accepting yourself as you are and working toward change. DBT teaches four groups of skills:
Comprehensive DBT programs combine weekly skills groups, individual therapy, and between-session coaching. What I offer is DBT-informed individual therapy: we learn and practise the skills one-on-one, tailored to the situations you're actually facing, and blend them with trauma-informed and somatic work when that helps. If a full DBT program would serve you better, I'll help you find one.
Skills-focused work often runs for a set number of sessions while you build and practise your toolbox; many people then continue with less frequent check-ins. We'll agree on a plan together.
Cost: Individual sessions are $160 for 50 minutes or $260 for 80 minutes. Many extended health plans cover Registered Clinical Counsellors, and you'll receive a receipt after every session. Fees & insurance.
DBT-informed therapy is available throughout Greater Victoria, including Victoria, Saanich, Oak Bay, Esquimalt, Langford, Colwood, and View Royal. Choose in-person sessions at my downtown Victoria location or secure online sessions throughout BC.
Registered Clinical Counsellor #25746 with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. EMDR certified, Gottman Method certified (Levels 1 & 2), Complex PTSD certification, and over two decades in healthcare, including senior leadership. More about Keva
Receipts are provided for extended health plans that cover Registered Clinical Counsellors. Rates, payment & hours
