Sometimes the phrase “Life Sucks” just does not begin to cover it.
Past trauma, recent heart ache, the current social and political climate, career or educational stressors, relationship struggles, chronic pain or illness . . . any one of these factors can tip the scales to making life just feel unbearable. Thoughts about the permanency of your negative circumstances, beliefs that you can not overcome this, and behaviors that contribute to further pain are nails in the coffin of your future potential.
If this sounds like you, the highly trained therapists and counselors here at St. Louis DBT can help. We enjoy supporting people struggling with anxiety, trauma, depression, addictions, and personality disorders get to where they want to be in life -- to create a life worth living and worth loving.
We use evidence-based therapies like Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Radically Open DBT (RO-DBT) and, Gottman Therapy to provide a safe place where folks can process the past, plan for the future, and live in the present. We offer a fully adherent DBT program for adults, teens, and children.
You can have a life worth living and worth loving in just 3 steps
Step 1 - Choose
The most amazing adventures begin with the choice to take the journey. The first step in your journey is noticing the need for change and deciding to prioritize that goal.
Step 3: Collaborate and Create
If we’re the right partners for you, we can connect you with the best therapist on our team that fits your needs and your journey. With the support of your therapist, you will create a plan for leaving chaos in the past.
Our Clients
Our clients are ready to make lasting changes in their lives. They want to have a life worth living -- a life that sustains them. They want the support of a well-trained therapist to guide them, validate them, and challenge them. Our clients work hard, practice new skills between sessions and see big results.
Hear what our clients have to say about their journeys…
“Deciding to live was the first step to actually finding a life worth living for. My therapist stood with me for every step since then.”
“I felt everything. . . literally everything. I could not make it stop. or turn it off. Everyone seemed to think I should be able to control myself and my reactions. That just made it worse — like I am an emotional mess AND a failure. With DBT, I got the validation and skills I needed to understand and control my emotional experience and expressions.”
“I needed a straightforward, step-by-step plan for getting my life back on track. DBT classes provided the skills I could apply right away to make a difference in my ability to cope with stress and communicate effectively with people.”
How Can a DBT Program Help You?
DBT provides a comprehensive solution to the complex problems that caused your current circumstances. In addition to a validating and supportive individual therapist who will assess your issues objectively (non-judgmentally), you will also learn skills for improving your mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness. This particular combination of skills have been scientifically tested and proven to help people change the habits that lead them down destructive paths.
For more information on what DBT is and how it works, click here.
What would a life worth loving look like for you?
Why wait any longer to have it?
Stop waiting, start doing, we can help!
Have a question? We’re here to help.
OUR PRACTICE
St. Louis DBT was founded on the principles of providing evidence-based treatments in both an adherent and flexible way. That means we do what research tells us is effective AND we do it in a way that works for each individual client or family. We know our clients are both doing their best AND want to improve.
OUR TEAM
Our therapists are all trained by or work closely with founder, Casey Limmer, MSW, LCSW, DBT-LBC, a Certified DBT clinician. She has taught graduate courses in CBT and DBT at Washington University and currently leads DBT Academy, a DBT certification prep program. Our therapists participate in weekly consultations to keep their own DBT skills fresh.
St. Louis DBT is here for you when you are ready to do the hard work associated with lasting positive change. Counseling is not easy, but it should not be painful. Our counselors and therapists will make therapy positive and transformative for you.