Dbt Music Therapy

DBT Music Therapy provides quality therapeutic and educational resources for personal and professional growth. As you can see in detail on the tabs to the left, we provide therapy services, continuing education classes for music therapists and counselors on a long list of topics, and a DBT Music resource book and CD. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a system of therapy developed by Marsha M. Linehan, a psychology researcher at the University of Washington. Although it was originally designed to treat people with borderline personality disorder, DBT is now being used as an empirically validated treatment for individuals with many different diagnoses. The DBT skills for mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness are useful to everyone. Music therapy lends itself to teach and reinforce DBT skills in its unique way and is valuable to any DBT treatment team and milieu. Deborah Spiegel MT-BC, a Board-Certified Music Therapist for over 25 years, served as a Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills group leader for 11 years for a mental health facility. She is known nationally for teaching continuing education workshops for music therapists and counselors, sharing ways to use music to teach and reinforce DBT skills. She has expanded the continuing education class menu to include classes being offered by other professionals on numerous topics. Deborah is also highly recommended for her individual and group therapy sessions. She offers a toolkit of resources for personal and professional growth. Deborah Spiegel MT-BC, CCHt meets with clients either in person in Pueblo, Colorado or over the telephone across the United States. Sessions are individualized to meet your unique needs.