A COOPERATIVE NETWORK OF
DBT CLINICIANS IN GEORGIA

 

OUR BEGINNING
This website has been designed to provide information to the public about DBT in Georgia and to share information among providers about training and other clinical matters at no cost to consumers or providers. To learn more about DBTGA, explore the links on the site, or view the announcements below. Thanks for visiting!​

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WHAT IS DBTGA?
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Georgia (DBTGA), is a cooperative network of clinicians in the stated of Georgia who are trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy.  The Triangle Area DBT Cooperative Network inspired us to replicate their model TADBiT. With permission from that network, Lianne Stevenson, LCSW and Board Certified DBT Clinician, and Clerissa Cooper, LPC, founded DBTGA in 2018 with the goal of promoting the use of Dialectical Behavior Therapy to treat disorders of emotion regulation in the state of Georgia.

 
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“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”

— ANaïS NIN

Comprehensive DBT Treatment

Our Mission

  1. Promote comprehensive, evidence-based DBT individual therapy, skills groups, consult teams, education & training to the community

  2. Build and maintain effective, respectful relationships with those we serve and with our colleagues in behavioral healthcare and education

  3. Respect the values and principles of DBT and promote the integrity of DBT in its complete form with one another and as an evidence-based practice

  1. Client capabilities are enhanced through DBT skills training within skills group and individual psychotherapy sessions.

  2. Motivation is enhanced in individual therapy.

  3. Generalization of the skills to actual life situations mostly occurs in coaching calls, and to lesser degree, in family interventions.

  4. The client’s environment is structured via consultation to the client, case management, and when possible in family interventions, DBT Family Skills Training or Teen-Parent groups

  5. Therapists capabilities and motivation are enhanced in Consultation Team during meetings, email/listserv consultation, continuing education, as well as with adherence monitoring.

Get Involved

We have ways that therapists, individuals seeking therapy, and loved ones can use our resources.

 

NOTE: IF YOU ARE SEEKING A THERAPIST FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS SELF-HARMED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT THEY BE IN TREATMENT WITH A TRAINED, adherent DBT THERAPIST WHO IS CURRENTLY PARTICIPATING IN A DBT CONSULTATION TEAM.