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Adult DBT

What Happens Next: Adult DBT

You just took the hardest step in DBT — asking. From here the path is well worn: we’ve walked hundreds of people through it, and it looks the same for everyone.

The sequence, start to finish

From the moment your message arrives to the work itself. Steps marked optional are yours to skip.

  1. Step 1

    We read it, and reply

    A real person on our team reads your message and replies within one business day — by email, or by text if you opted in. If you asked a question, you get an answer. If you’re ready to get scheduled, we help you do that.

  2. Step 2 Optional

    Want to talk it through first?

    A free fifteen-minute phone call, no commitment. We call you at the time you choose. Useful for working out whether the program is the right fit, or asking what you didn’t want to type. Email works just as well if you’d rather.

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  3. Step 3

    Paperwork, then your first appointment

    Before your first appointment a secure client-portal link arrives by email with the intake forms — do them on your phone in about ten minutes. Most people have a first appointment within one to two weeks.

  4. Step 4

    Four individual sessions to begin

    Your first weeks are one-on-one with your DBT therapist: getting to know you, mapping what you want to change, and deciding together that you’re in. These sessions are where the program starts to feel like yours.

  5. Step 5

    Join a skills group

    After those sessions you join a weekly two-hour skills group at the start of its next module — morning or evening, in person or online. You keep your weekly individual session and get phone coaching between sessions. Most people are in the program for about a year.

More to read

Your first DBT sessionWhat actually happens in the room, minute by minuteThe Adult DBT ProgramIndividual therapy, skills group, phone coaching — how the parts fitSkills groupsThe four modules and how the 24-week rotation worksHow long does DBT take?An honest answer, and why it’s worth itDBT online in ColoradoThe whole program by video, anywhere in the stateWhy DBT-Linehan Board Certification mattersWhat it took, and what it means for you

Good to know

Diagnosis
You don’t need a referral or a diagnosis to start.
Current therapist
When you join, your therapist here becomes your individual therapist, so your current individual therapy needs to end, at the latest by the end of pretreatment (your first few sessions here). We’ll talk through the details with you. Why one therapist at a time.
Insurance
We accept Colorado Medicaid through Colorado Access and Rocky Mountain Health Plans (RMHP). For other insurance we’re out-of-network and provide superbills for potential reimbursement. HSA and FSA funds accepted. Billing details.
Crisis
If you’re ever in crisis, call or text 988, or go to the nearest emergency room. We’re not a crisis service.

Haven’t reached out yet?

Step one is a message. You don’t have to explain anything you’re not ready to.

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