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1,852 people sought dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) help in Massachusetts in the last year

Discover how starting therapy with a dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) can support your own journey toward a happier, more fulfilling life.

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Celine De Santis

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

The go-to approach for helping people in dialectical behavior is helping clients understand how thoughts affect emotions and behaviors. Mindfulness, which has its roots in Eastern meditation, as a daily practice is very effective in “being in the moment.”

What tools do you teach in dialectical behavior therapy?

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) techniques are especially useful for people who experience emotions very intensely. In addition to mindfulness, DBT teaches distress tolerance, which is the ability to manage emotional distress in the moment by using techniques like distraction.

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

Clients with a significant history of intense emotional dysregulation are making meaningful progress in therapy if they no longer need the safety and containment of a psychiatric hospital. Some clients will report an improvement in interpersonal relationships.

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

Clients can supplement their time in dialectical behavior therapy by making the practice of mindfulness an everyday activity and utilizing specific homework assignments tailored to their particular needs.

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

Before a client is seen individually, it is recommended that they learn the basics of DBT in a partial-hospitalization setting or at an intensive outpatient program in a group setting.

Starting Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)

Pricing & insurance

Our therapists accept most major insurances. We accept 585+ insurance plans, and offer self-pay options, too.
Learn more about pricing for therapy and counseling services at Thriveworks.

Our Salem therapists and counselors accept 29 insurance plans

  • Aetna

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts | BCBS Medicare Advantage (HMO | PPO)

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield | Anthem (Blue Card)

  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts | BCBS

  • Carelon

  • Cigna | Evernorth

  • Cigna | Evernorth EAP

  • Cigna | Evernorth Medicare Advantage

  • Compsych

  • Fallon Health

  • First Health Network

  • Harvard Pilgrim

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Self-pay costs at Salem
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

Hear from our clients

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The therapist at Thriveworks ( Stephen Medina) is absolutely fantastic. He is very well educated and is able to get me to open up.
Read more The therapist at Thriveworks ( Stephen Medina) is absolutely fantastic. He is very well educated and is able to get me to open up.
Sharron Feb 2024
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★★★★★
Outstanding from first call to assigning me a therapist for my particular needs. I would recommend them to anyone. My therapist is top notch!
Read more Outstanding from first call to assigning me a therapist for my particular needs. I would recommend them to anyone. My therapist is top notch!
Sharron Feb 2024
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★★★★★
My therapist, Stephen Medina is professional, caring, smart and is very good at gaining my trust. He is highly skilled in PTSD. I am starting to feel whole again.
Read more My therapist, Stephen Medina is professional, caring, smart and is very good at gaining my trust. He is highly skilled in PTSD. I am starting to feel whole again.
Sharron Feb 2024
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★★★★★
Celine is very compassionate and professional
Debra Dec 2023
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Where to find us

Getting here

Thriveworks Counseling & Psychiatry Salem is located in McIntire Historic District on Washington St. where it intersects with Lynde St. We share a building with MassHire North Shore Career Center - Salem, Koto Grill & Sushi, and other businesses.

Phone number

(978) 637-8213

Languages spoken by MA providers

  • English
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