Transform Your Emotions. Transform Your Life. The Lilac Center’s Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) program helps those facing intense emotions, depression, anxiety, or anger create lasting change.

DBT is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) that was first developed in the 1980s by psychologist Marsha Linehan, PhD, at the University of Washington in Seattle, according to the Association ...

DBT was originally developed to help people with thoughts of suicide manage overwhelming distress. DBT teaches you to replace unhelpful behaviors with skills like mindfulness and distress tolerance.

She is trained in CBT, DBT, and family and couples therapy. Veronica is also a pioneer and clinical instructor in Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAT). She is an expert consultant and Board of ...