Comprehensive DBT Program

Supporting Effective Treatment with Our Comprehensive DBT Program

Inspired Minds Wellness Centre is one of the few private practices in Calgary offering a Comprehensive Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Program. Our program follows the model developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan and provides the structure, consistency and clinical support needed to help individuals build a life worth living through emotional stability and meaningful change.

DBT is an evidence-based treatment that supports individuals in understanding and managing strong emotions, building effective coping strategies and reducing behaviours that interfere with personal goals. Our program includes individual therapy, a psycho-educational skills group, between-session support to help clients integrate the DBT skills across their daily environments and a consultation team to support therapists in adhering to the therapy.

Why Inspired Minds Offers a Comprehensive DBT Program

Inspired Minds Wellness Centre offers a comprehensive DBT program because it is an evidence-based treatment modality that provides a structured framework for supporting complex clinical presentations. This model allows for individualized treatment planning while maintaining clear session structure to address underlying challenges.

Clients benefit from:

• A coordinated program that supports skill development and behavioural change
• Structured sessions that target underlying patterns contributing to emotional or behavioural difficulties
• The combination of individual therapy and DBT Skills Group, which helps clients learn adaptive coping skills in the group setting and then generalize those skills to individual concerns
• Practical DBT skills that support improved functioning across daily environments
• The ability to integrate other therapeutic modalities once stability occurs

DBT can help support individuals experiencing emotion dysregulation, substance use concerns, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), as well as those seeking evidence-based strategies for managing stress and relationships.

What Comprehensive DBT Includes

Our Comprehensive DBT Program follows the standard clinical framework of DBT treatment, as originally developed by Marsh Linehan.

Individual DBT Therapy

One-on-one sessions with a DBT-trained clinician where the focus is on understanding the DBT model, identifying treatment goals, learning, and applying the DBT skills, increasing motivation, and building meaningful progress toward your goals.

DBT Skills Group

A structured psychoeducational group teaching the four core DBT modules:

• Mindfulness
• Distress Tolerance
• Emotion Regulation
• Interpersonal Effectiveness

Clients learn adaptive coping strategies in group sessions and apply these skills to their individual concerns during their individual therapy sessions.

Phone Coaching

Between-session support is available to help clients use DBT skills in real-life situations and maintain progress toward treatment goals.

Consultation Team for Clinicians

Our DBT therapists participate in regular consultation meetings to ensure adherence to the DBT model and to support coordinated, high-quality care. This reflects the principle of a “community of therapists supporting a community of clients.”

Who Can Benefit From Our Comprehensive DBT Program

DBT may be appropriate if you experience:

• Intense or rapidly changing emotions
• Difficulty managing distress or calming after strong emotions
• Impulsive or self-destructive behaviours
• Chronic feelings of emptiness
• Relationship instability or conflict
• Patterns connected to BPD or emotional dysregulation
• Anxiety, depression, ADHD or trauma-related symptoms
• Difficulty staying motivated or building consistent routines

What to Expect in Comprehensive DBT

Clients participating in the full DBT program typically engage in:

• Weekly individual DBT sessions
• Weekly skills group sessions
• Phone coaching when needed
• Regular goal-setting and progress review
• Structured stages of treatment that build upon one another

DBT requires participation, practice and consistency. Many clients find that the structured model provides clarity, predictability and measurable strategies for building meaningful change over time.

Program Structure and Clinical Standards

Inspired Minds Wellness Centre provides DBT in a structured, consistent and clinically grounded manner. Our clinicians have completed intensive training in DBT and receive supervision from psychologists with advanced DBT training rooted in the work of Dr. Marsha Linehan. This helps ensure fidelity to the comprehensive DBT model and supports effective delivery across all components of the program.

DBT services are available in Calgary and Lethbridge, with secure virtual options offered for select components of the program.