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Insights, research, and practical guidance on DBT, CBT, and mental health from our clinicians.
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DBT
The skills, the structure, and how the treatment actually works.
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How Long Does DBT Take?
About a year, and the number comes from the curriculum's structure. What the year is made of, and what moves the timeline. -
What Actually Happens in a DBT Skills Group
A minute-by-minute look at a DBT skills group — mindfulness, homework review, the new skill, the wind-down — and what you're never asked to do. -
DBT for Self-Harm: What Stops People From Getting Help
Most people who self-harm wait years before telling a clinician. The five reasons they give, and what's actually true about starting DBT. -
Teenage Mood Swings: Normal or Something More?
Most teenage mood swings are developmentally normal. A few are the first sign of something treatable. What Denver clinicians look at to tell the difference.
Conditions & Approaches
What we treat, how it gets assessed, and which therapy fits which problem.
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Seasonal Affective Disorder in Colorado: Why the Sunshine Doesn't Protect You
Colorado's sunny reputation makes seasonal depression easy to dismiss and slow to treat. What actually drives SAD here, and what works better than a light box alone. -
Burnout or Depression? What Denver Clinicians Look For
Burnout and depression share most of their symptoms and call for different treatment. How Denver therapists tell them apart, and why getting it wrong costs months. -
Autism or BPD? Why Adults Get the Wrong Answer
Autism and BPD overlap enough that adults, especially women, often get the wrong one. What separates them, and how an evaluation sorts it out. -
Postpartum Anxiety and Intrusive Thoughts
Scary, unwanted thoughts about your baby are common and rarely discussed. What they mean, what they don't, and how CBT treats them.
Natural Medicine
Psilocybin-assisted therapy under Colorado's Natural Medicine Health Act.
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Psilocybin and SSRIs: Do You Have to Stop Your Antidepressant?
Whether to taper an SSRI or SNRI before psilocybin therapy is unsettled. The evidence on both sides, and how to decide with your prescriber. -
Psilocybin Contraindications: Who Natural Medicine Is Not a Good Fit For
A plain-language list of who should not do psilocybin therapy — the firm rule-outs, the situations that need a longer conversation, and how to read your own. -
Preparing for Your First Psilocybin Session
A practical guide to physical, emotional, and logistical preparation for your first psilocybin-assisted therapy session in Colorado. -
Psychedelic Therapy for Couples: What the Research Says
What the research says about psychedelic and psilocybin therapy for couples — relationship satisfaction, intimacy, integration, and the limits.
Family, Practice & Local
For partners, parents, referring clinicians, and finding care in Denver.
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Does Medicaid Cover DBT in Colorado?
Health First Colorado covers DBT, but your plan and which programs contract with it decide whether you can get in. A plain breakdown. -
Sarah Gordis Earns DBT-Linehan Board Certification
Sarah Gordis, LCSW is now a DBT-Linehan Board Certified DBT Clinician™ — the field's gold-standard credential. Here's what that means for clients at FRTC. -
Online Couples Counseling in Colorado
Telehealth couples therapy is now standard, not a compromise. A Colorado clinician on when online sessions work and how to make them productive. -
What to Do When Your Child Refuses Therapy
Your child needs help but won't go to therapy. Here are practical strategies from Denver DBT therapists for navigating refusal.