Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Children is a multi-faceted treatment to address the interaction of the environment with the child.

DBT-C:

• instructs parents how to create a validating and change ready environment

• prepares parents to become coaches for their child so as to promote adaptive responding during treatment and after the therapy is completed

• teaches parents and their children effective coping and problem-solving skills

• teaches parents and children how to identify functions of their responses and meanings they make about events

• provides specific interventions to decrease vulnerabilities in the core senses of self-love, safety and belonging.