Relational Dialectics
DBT
at Growth thru Change
Sensory-aware DBT, done relationally.
Relationally Focused Psychotherapists & Trained Philosophers
Group, Individual, and Coaching-Based Formats with Fully Remote & Hybrid Options
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Contemporary Neuroinclusive, LGBTQIA+ Affirming, & Trauma Informed Relational Support
You absolutely can heal.
You’re looking to find relief from what’s not working, and the truth is, this relief is possible and comes incrementally through bravery, connection, and self-discovery.
We'll help you get there.
Gold standard support from a dedicated therapist you pick, a group that cares, and a real (not scary) philosopher.
An Individual Therapist who Dives Deep
A Group Experience that Swims Wide
A Philosopher to Help Open the Mind's Box
Coaching Support Available Every Day
The foundational step in the DBT experience is the individual therapist. This is your dedicated listener and support person who will be with you throughout the program and, as needed, beyond it.
We believe our individual therapists at GTC are among the best in the field, and we'll help you consult with as many as you like to find the perfect fit for you. The next step is the group experience.
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Our revolutionary program pairs an experienced, relationally focused DBT group therapist with an empathy-oriented PhD Philosopher to facilitate a truly connected, inclusive group therapy experience that's genuinely expertly led.
Why does a philosopher join the group therapist to hold space?
We believe the concept of dialectics-a unique ingredient in mental health and wellness interventions--is the reason meta-analyses in peer-reviewed research support DBT as the gold-standard approach to finding equilibrium amid feelings that are agonizing.
By joining a group to explore and ‘relearn’ yourself at the level of sensory, emotional, interpersonal, and storied or spoken self-experience while working with a one-on-one therapist to share your story down to the roots, you will be met and supported by others in new ways and unlearn painful ideas about who you think you are and have to be in the world, and you’ll provide this support to others in your group.
Relational DBT at Growth thru Change is an investment in the deepest parts of yourself.
Our philosophy is that touching all the places deeply and honestly together generates insights and new sensory relational experiences that help you heal.
In the context of excellent therapeutic support from a dedicated psychotherapist, a group therapist with significant expertise in DBT, and a trained philosopher, you will participate in:weekly psychotherapy, weekly group therapy, weekly mindfulness groupas-needed skills coaching, and a monthly expressive arts therapy circle.
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Your dedicated individual therapist, group therapist, philosophical consultant, and group support you in finding flows that feel livable, sensory experiences that heal, and ideas that recognize the deepest places you discover within.
As you connect with and support other group members, bond and find recognition in your individual therapy, and work with our philosophical consultant to widen the ways you think about your experiences, you'll start to feel more connected to yourself, find relief from suffering that's destabilized you, and widen your immediate sense of agency and safety in the world.
That's DBT at GTC.
How Dialectics Help
DBT is an empirically validated, gold-standard treatment.
If you or a loved or is struggling with emotional dysregulation, you probably are looking at DBT because you want to find the most effective solution possible. Contemporary, compassion-centered, and relationally focused, our program may be well aligned with your needs.
But what are dialectics? And why do they matter so much in good therapy? Also, why do I need to do a group? That sounds uncomfortable!
Dialectics, as conceived by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel a very long time ago in Germany during the French Revolution, is a way to understand and explain how our ideas progress and how our knowledge of self develops through a process of contradiction and resolution.
DBT as a therapy draws from dialectics in Hegelian philosophy, mindfulness practice, and principles of behavioral change to help you see and feel the world in new ways and with deeper clarity.
In the relational dialectical way of thinking about mental health, we notice that knowledge and identity, or sense of self, are not static but evolve through dynamic interactions with others and the world around us. Like everything else, we’re always coming together and falling apart.
As our relationship to knowledge changes, and it changes constantly, we also are changed. What that means is that what we learn, what we do, who we know, and how we know them create and change us.
In DBT, interpersonal effectiveness, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and emotional regulation skills become tools through which you can explore and refine sensory and emotional experiences and expressions at the interpersonal level and beyond.
You can unleash yourself from torment, embrace the real you, and find a community to support you in this process.
Low-quality DBT experiences toss skills at clients in a lecture format. But DBT can be so much more. DBT, at its best, is a personal philosophical exploration grounded in connection, cool vibes, the ancient practice of mindfulness, and an embrace of conflicting components of experience in ways that can actually transform you, in a good way, at the forever level.
That's a bold claim, and there is a catch. DBT takes time and is vulnerable-making. It's not brutal (at least not in the programs that I support), but it is a real thing. It will make room in your life if you come to all of your scheduled sessions, and in our program, practice opportunities are built in, continuous, and supported, so you can anticipate real changes.
There’s potential for taking something revolutionary and emancipatory from Hegel's philosophy if we can accept that the self is never really constant or solid, is always entangled with others and language, and that we’re always changing and able to grow.
In this light, dialectics becomes a powerful tool for understanding how folks and the communities we create and live in every day can transform and act as transformative for others through learning and critical engagement.
Relational DBT at Growth thru Change uses this Hegelian understanding to help you heal.
We believe Hegel is tricky–he is one of the most complex philosophical geniuses of all time.
Psychotherapy, too, at its heart, is not a simple behavioral treatment but a complex dyadic art form and a relational cure born in listening and empathy.
When mutual recognition is alive and dialectics are done well, indiviudal and group work is transformational because, like Hegel said, we come to know ourselves and change through our sensory experiences of the other in relation to us. However, group therapy can be intimidating at first, and it requires an experienced facilitator.
We're here to bring the experts and make it genuinely livable.
When trained philosophers and compassion-centered relational therapists collaborate to facilitate the group experience, the DBT group experience becomes a transformative component of the healing process.