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Stacey Gray

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What is your go-to approach for dialectical behavior therapy?

Helping people in dialectical behavior therapy requires helping the clients focus on changing unhealthy behaviors and thinking patterns while also learning to regulate emotions that have triggered negative behaviors in the past. I find the best benefit in allowing the clients to learn not to label their emotions or behaviors and begin focusing on accepting the role emotions and behaviors have played in their lives. DBT is about helping the client become more mindful of their emotions and behaviors and teaching them healthier ways of coping with uncomfortable emotions.

What tools do you teach in dialectical behavior therapy?

During the dialectical behavior therapy process, the client will be able to work on learning emotional regulation strategies and address cognitive restructuring while also being able to focus on mindfulness strategies to help regulate their emotions during times of emotional distress.

How do you know when a client is making meaningful progress in dialectical behavior therapy?

I know a client is making meaningful progress in dialectical behavior therapy when there is a reduction in reports of the use of negative or harmful coping strategies, reduced episodes of emotional dysregulation, as well reports of more frequent self-awareness regarding emotional regulation.

What can clients do in their personal time to supplement dialectical behavior therapy?

Clients can supplement their time in dialectical behavior therapy with activities that help calm themselves, creative outlets if they enjoy them, as well as journaling as an activity to help work on self-awareness during times of emotional overwhelm.

What should someone do to prepare for starting dialectical behavior therapy?

To prepare for their first dialectical behavior therapy session, an individual can begin to think about what behaviors they are currently using to help themselves during emotionally overwhelming times. Thinking about what negative or harmful coping strategies that they have used in the past along with what they hope to get out of treatment are all things that can help prepare them for their initial session.

Starting Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)

Pricing & insurance

Our therapists accept most major insurances. We accept 585+ insurance plans, and offer self-pay options, too.
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Our Nottingham therapists and counselors accept 23 insurance plans

  • Aetna

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield | Anthem (Blue Card)

  • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Maryland | BCBS HMO

  • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Maryland | BCBS PPO

  • Carelon

  • Cigna | Evernorth

  • Cigna | Evernorth EAP

  • Cigna | Evernorth Medicare Advantage

  • Compsych

  • First Health Network

  • Humana Exchange

  • Humana HMO/POS

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Self-pay costs at Nottingham
Talk therapy

Talk therapy

Includes individual, couples, child/ teen, & family therapy

First session

$1

Ongoing sessions

$1

Talk therapy

Psychiatry

Includes reducing symptoms with medication & management

First session

$1

Ongoing sessions

$1

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I tried to call billing; I missed an evening telehealth appointment because of a widespread power outage from the massive storms of 1/9/2024. Offshore personnel had no idea what I was talking about; they said they were in the Phillippines, and in addition the language barrier was quite severe. Health professionals here are wonderful to work with; however, technical or financial issues are difficult to straighten out. I gave up and will just deal with the treating persons here.
Read more I tried to call billing; I missed an evening telehealth appointment because of a widespread power outage from the massive storms of 1/9/2024. Offshore personnel had no idea what I was talking about; they said they were in the Phillippines, and in addition the language barrier was quite severe. Health professionals here are wonderful to work with; however, technical or financial issues are difficult to straighten out. I gave up and will just deal with the treating persons here.
Theresa Jan 2024
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Where to find us

Getting here

Thriveworks Counseling & Psychiatry Nottingham is off of Belair Road and Blakely Avenue. We share a space with Driscoll Tax Group and are down the road from Wells Fargo and Chick-fil-A.

Phone number

(410) 862-4262

Languages spoken by MD providers

  • Cantonese
  • English
  • Mandarin
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