DBT Informed Therapy in New York
How I Help Trauma Survivors Through DBT-Informed Psychotherapy
Trauma can leave behind deep emotional imprints—intense feelings, shame, difficulty trusting, or patterns that feel hard to change. In our work together, I combine the structure and skill-building of DBT-informed therapy with the depth and relational focus of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
Using tools from Dialectical Behavior Therapy, I support you in learning concrete strategies to:
Stay grounded in the present moment through mindfulness
Cope with emotional overwhelm using distress tolerance skills
Understand and regulate intense emotions
Navigate relationships with clearer boundaries and self-respect
But healing from trauma is not only about learning skills—it’s also about being seen and understood. In our sessions, we also gently explore the emotional patterns shaped by your past, including how early experiences may still live on in your present thoughts, feelings, and relationships.
The therapeutic relationship itself becomes a safe, consistent space where trust can grow and where painful internal experiences can be witnessed, held, and slowly transformed.
Together, we work not only toward symptom relief, but toward deeper healing—so that you can reclaim your voice, your agency, and a renewed connection to yourself.
Move beyond your trauma.
How DBT-Informed Therapy Can Help Trauma Survivors
For trauma survivors, emotions can often feel overwhelming, unpredictable, or even frightening. DBT-informed therapy offers a compassionate, structured approach to help you build emotional safety, stability, and resilience—without bypassing the depth of your lived experience.
Drawing from the core principles of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), this approach helps trauma survivors:
Regulate intense emotions such as fear, anger, or shame
Cope with distress safely, without resorting to self-harm, numbing, or dissociation
Stay grounded in the present through mindfulness and body awareness
Rebuild trust in yourself and others through healthier boundaries and communication
Feel more in control of your internal world, even when trauma memories surface
While trauma often leaves behind patterns of emotional reactivity and self-blame, DBT-informed therapy gently provides tools that support healing without judgment. It helps you create enough emotional stability to begin processing deeper wounds, at a pace that feels safe for you.
Our work focuses not only on surviving—but on reclaiming your life with greater clarity, strength, and self-compassion.
