Who is this program for?

The Emotion Management Day Program (EMDP) is designed for people with a history of emotion dysregulation including borderline personality traits or classic and complex PTSD symptoms. The EMDP runs for 7 consecutive weeks and provides important foundational skills for DBT.

How will it help me?

The treatment offered in this program is for people who are experiencing longstanding and chronic emotional difficulties which are often linked to a history of painful traumatic experiences or early attachment issues. These programs present skills to help people manage distress more effectively. Strategies introduced include mindfulness, grounding, self-soothing, and self-compassion skills. EMDP aims to increase clients understanding of their symptoms by providing education about how and why post-traumatic symptoms emerge following trauma.

It is anticipated that the program will greatly assist in providing clinical stabilization in areas such as the ability to regulate emotional states; relational stability; greater control over impulsivity and dissociative symptoms; improved sense of self and increased flexibility of thinking. Psychometric measures will target clinical outcomes in the area of psycho-social functioning and symptomatology consistent with mood disorders which includes mood, emotional regulation, impulsivity and awareness.

When does the program run?

This 7-week program runs 3 days a week from 9:20am-3pm, and 1 evening per week from 5:30pm-8:45pm. The choice is yours and will be given to you upon discussion with the intake facilitator.

Who is this program for?

The Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Skills Program at The Melbourne Clinic is a specialised treatment program that delivers the extensive skillset developed by Marcia M. Linehan. It is designed for people with a history of emotion dysregulation including borderline personality traits or classic and complex PTSD symptoms. It provides clients with new skills to manage painful emotions and decrease conflict in relationships.

How will it help me?

DBT is a cognitive-behavioural treatment program to treat people with borderline personality disorder. This group program specifically focuses on providing therapeutic skills in four key areas. First, mindfulness focuses on improving an individual's ability to accept and be present in the current moment. Second, distress tolerance is geared toward increasing a person’s tolerance of negative emotion, rather than trying to escape from it. Third, emotion regulation covers strategies to manage and change intense emotions that are causing problems in a person’s life. Fourth, interpersonal effectiveness consists of techniques that allow a person to communicate with others in a way that is assertive, maintains self-respect, and strengthens relationships.

DBT Modules

• Mindfulness and Interpersonal Effectiveness – 7 weeks
• Mindfulness and Distress Tolerance – 8 weeks
• Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation – 9 weeks

When does the program run?

The program runs on Tuesday and Thursday in the day and Tuesday evenings. The program contains three modules that will take 24 weeks (6 months) to complete. You are encouraged to complete the program twice to consolidate the skills.

Who is the program for?

DBT Creatively is suitable for adults diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder or Emotion Dysregulation. DBT Creatively aims to empower participants to begin to integrate new ways of managing distress, managing and understanding their emotions and being present to self and others effectively and mindfully

How will it help?

DBT treatment incorporates biosocial theory with mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness and emotional regulation. Art Therapy integrates psychotherapeutic techniques with creative expression to support wellbeing, self-reflection, communication and understanding.

DBT Creatively offers the conceptual underpinnings and skills of DBT combined with tailored, experiential creative art activities to strengthen knowledge.Art-based activities will be participatory and practical, enabling participants the opportunity to explore and examine DBT concepts and skills.

When does the program run?

This face-to-face 10-week program is run one day per week from 9:20am-3pm.

Who is this program for?

The Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills for Young People and Families Day Program at The Melbourne Clinic is designed to help young people and their families or carers to better understand emotions, develop specific skills to assist with managing intense emotions and coping with relationship difficulties. The mainframe is based on DBT – an evidence based type of cognitive behavioural therapy designed by Marsha Lineham.

How will it help me?

Utilising a Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills focus, this program is designed to help young adults to manage emotions and better cope with periods of distress with the support of their parent/family member/carer. The program is suitable for young adults who are not in crisis or experiencing severe symptoms.

When does the program run?

The program runs for 3 modules of 7 week each and will take 21 weeks to complete.

It runs on Tuesday evenings from 5:30pm - 8:45pm.