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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

Compassionate, evidence-based support to help teens and adults navigate intense emotions and challenging relationships.

Offering in-person DBT in Brantford, Brant, Kitchener, Toronto, & Simcoe, and virtual therapy across Ontario & BC

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RESILIENCE

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When intense emotions feel like they are taking over,

it’s easy to feel out of control, isolated, or even hopeless. But you don’t have to navigate these feelings alone. You deserve practical tools and skills to help you manage those highs and lows, calm your mind, and connect meaningfully with others.

At Mindful Path Counselling, we offer compassionate, non-judgmental DBT to help you take control of your overall well-being.

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Who Can Benefit from DBT?

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) can help individuals who struggle to regulate their emotions, experience mood swings and explosive anger, engage in impulsive behaviours, struggle with relationships, fear abandonment, experience chronic emptiness, lack self-identity, and experience dissociative behaviours.

DBT is often recommended to treat:

Through developing mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal, emotional regulation, and problem-solving skills, DBT empowers you to make thoughtful choices instead of reacting impulsively in challenging situations. At Mindful Path Counselling, we’re here to support you in regaining control and creating a life that aligns with your values. Share

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What Can Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Help With?

If you are:

We can help you develop the skills and strategies to build a life you value.

How Can Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Help?

DBT teaches you practical skills to manage intense emotions and handle stress effectively, empowering you to face life’s challenges with confidence.
With DBT, you’ll have a compassionate, trained professional to guide you through difficult emotions and experiences so you don’t have to face them alone.
DBT provides tools to work through past invalidation or trauma, allowing you to move forward with greater emotional balance and resilience.
Learn communication skills and boundary-setting techniques to build and maintain healthier, more satisfying relationships.
DBT helps you explore and understand your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours so you can develop a clearer and more stable sense of identity.
With DBT, you’ll learn to identify and change unhelpful patterns, empowering you to make choices that align with your values and create lasting positive change.

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Why Mindful Path Counselling

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We believe in treating you as a whole person.

At Mindful Path Counselling, we take a wholistic approach on your path to well-being.

Whether you need someone to talk to alone, with your partner, or with your family, we have a range of counselling services to fit your needs and budget. We provide in-person, online sessions, phone appointment and in-home services. Our diverse team includes skilled psychotherapists, social workers, life coaches, hypnotherapists, and more.

If you are struggling with general anxiety or a complex mental health challenge, we help people aged 5 and up find a welcoming and understanding place to land.

We’re more than just therapists, we’re a safe place to help you rediscover yourself.

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Our approach

How DBT-Informed Therapy Works

More than holistic health, we offer Wholistic Health
Every journey begins with understanding. We take the time to learn about your story, explore your unique challenges, and identify areas where you may feel stuck—whether it’s intense emotions, relationship difficulties, or harmful patterns of behaviour.
Together, we develop a personalized plan that incorporates key DBT skills like mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. These tools are designed to help you better manage your emotions, reduce stress, and navigate your relationships more effectively.
Once these skills are in place, we support you as you practice applying them in your daily life. Our goal is to help you build resilience, strengthen your sense of self, and make meaningful, lasting changes that align with your values.

We invite you to stay as long as you need on your path to well-being.

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Match With A Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Practitioner

We have a therapist to meet your unique needs and support style.

Questions About Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

The length of DBT therapy depends on the specific approach used. Adherence-based Dialectical Behaviour Therapy typically lasts around six months, with weekly 90-minute sessions. DBT-informed therapy, which can be blended with other therapeutic modalities, varies in duration depending on the severity of symptoms and individual needs. Whether you’re seeking dialectical therapy for short-term goals or long-term change, the treatment is tailored to your unique situation.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) focuses on five key areas of dysregulation: emotional, interpersonal, cognitive, behavioural, and self-dysregulation. In each of these areas, DBT therapy targets behaviours that interfere with healthy functioning, such as issues with emotions, thoughts, self-harm, impulsivity, relationships, and suicide risk. DBT treatment helps clients develop skills to regulate these areas, promoting balance and long-term well-being.
DBT follows the biosocial model to understand the development of BPD. Research shows that some individuals are born with heightened emotional sensitivity, which is influenced by genetics. When a highly sensitive individual grows up in an invalidating, neglectful, or traumatic environment, it increases the likelihood of emotional dysregulation across multiple domains. Dialectical therapy is particularly effective in addressing the emotional and behavioural patterns associated with BPD.
DBT therapy can create significant changes in emotional regulation and overall mental health. For many people, DBT reduces symptoms to the extent that they no longer meet the DSM-5-TR criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder. DBT treatment helps clients take control of their thoughts, emotions, and behaviours, leading to lasting improvements in stability, relationships, and quality of life.

Originally developed for individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy has expanded to benefit anyone experiencing chronic emotion dysregulation. DBT therapy is effective for people struggling with:

  • Over-control or under-control of emotions
  • Mood instability or extreme emotional reactions
  • Intense anger, shame, guilt, or sadness
  • Suicidal thoughts, threats, or attempts
  • Self-injurious behaviours (e.g., cutting, burning)
  • Substance or alcohol dependence
  • Disordered eating behaviours (e.g., bingeing, purging, restricting)
  • Impulsive behaviours like gambling, shoplifting, or overspending
  • Difficulties maintaining healthy relationships

DBT is also widely used for anxiety, helping individuals gain control over intrusive thoughts, reduce stress, and improve their ability to navigate challenging emotions.

Yes, DBT for teens is specifically designed to address the unique challenges adolescents face, such as intense mood swings, risky behaviours, self-harm, and difficulties with relationships. DBT treatment equips teens with skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, empowering them to handle life’s challenges more effectively. Teen-focused dialectical therapy often includes family involvement, ensuring parents or caregivers are also equipped to provide support.
Yes, DBT for anxiety is highly effective in helping individuals manage overwhelming emotions, reduce worry, and cope with stress. By focusing on mindfulness and distress tolerance, dialectical therapy teaches clients to stay grounded in the present moment, break free from unhelpful thought patterns, and regulate their emotional responses. DBT treatment can help individuals with anxiety feel more in control of their emotions and better equipped to face life’s challenges.

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How Life Can Feel with DBT

Your journey with DBT is unique and tailored to you. Because of this, results and timelines can vary. With consistency and commitment, you may begin to notice that you:

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How You Get Started

If you’re ready to get started, we’d love to hear from you! You can send us a message or call us. We will answer any questions you have and book you in for an appointment or free consultation.

You can also book online using the button below. Please note that not all of our therapists can be booked online.

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226-208-2722

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