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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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Is Your Therapist Actually Doing DBT? 8 Questions to Ask
Plenty of therapy is called DBT. Less of it is the treatment the research tested. Eight questions you can ask any program or therapist, what a complete answer sounds like, and a one-page checklist to print. -
Therapy for Teenage Girls: When Nothing Looks Wrong
The teenage girls who most need therapy are often the ones nobody is worried about — grades fine, no trouble at school. What parents should look at instead of behavior. -
Emotional Dysregulation in Adults: Why It Gets Named So Late
Emotional dysregulation in adults rarely gets called that. It gets called a temper, anxiety, being too sensitive, or just how you are. What the adult version looks like. -
DBT Phone Coaching: What It Is and How to Use It
Phone coaching is the DBT mode clients use least and programs drop first. What a coaching call actually is, when to make one, and what happens on it.
Conditions & Approaches
What we treat, how it gets assessed, and which therapy fits which problem.
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Postpartum Depression: How to Tell, and How to Get Help in Colorado
Baby blues, postpartum depression, anxiety and the rarer emergencies — how to tell them apart, why so many parents wait, and what getting care actually involves in the Denver area. -
Behavioral Activation: The Depression Treatment That Starts With What You Do
Behavioral activation treats depression by changing what you do before waiting to feel different. How it works, what a session looks like, why 'just do more' fails, and when it is the wrong lever. -
Self-Diagnosis From Social Media: When the Label Fits, and When It Doesn't
You found the label on TikTok and it explained everything. A DBT clinician on why that happens, what the research says about the information, and how to find out whether it's actually true. -
Finding an OCD Therapist in Denver: What to Ask Before You Start
Most therapists will say they treat OCD. Fewer deliver ERP. The questions that separate the two, the red flags to listen for, and what to expect from OCD treatment in Denver.
Natural Medicine
Psilocybin-assisted therapy under Colorado's Natural Medicine Health Act.
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How Might Psilocybin Support Change? A Multi-Level Look at the Science
How might psilocybin support change? A plain-language guide to the leading scientific accounts, from neurons to beliefs, and where evidence is still thin. -
Psilocybin for OCD: What the Research Shows
A new Johns Hopkins trial, the studies from Arizona, Yale and the UK before it, and why ERP is still the first step for OCD. -
What a Psilocybin Journey Series Actually Involves
Why a psilocybin journey series is two sessions at an escalating dose with integration between them — what the research found about one dose versus two, and what the weeks in between are for. -
Psilocybin for Alcohol and Addiction: What the Research Shows
The 2026 meta-analyses, the trials behind them, and the negative results most summaries leave out — for alcohol, smoking, and cocaine.
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.