Radically Open-Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT)

It is actually possible to have too much self-control.


What is RO-DBT?

Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT) is a specialized treatment for clients struggling with issues that involve OVER controlling behavior.

RO-DBT has been helpful for clients with chronic depression, anxiety, Anorexia Nervosa, Avoidant Personality Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, and Autism Spectrum Disorder. 


 

Thomas R. Lynch, Ph.D. Treatment Developer of RO-DBT



RO-DBT Skills Class

30 Weeks of RO-DBT Skills can be a great addition to individual therapy


Using 20 RO-DBT skills, participants will learn…

  • Social Signaling: How you are saying things without actually saying them.

  • Your Social Safety System: The biological reasons why you struggle to let go.

  • Emotional loneliness: Why you rarely (if ever!) feel truly connected to others.

  • Radical Openness: How staying safe can be dangerous.

  • Coping Style: How your way of responding to stress may not all that it seems from the outside.

  • And more…


 

RO-DBT Skills Group Orientation with Sally Roesch, LPC-MHSP




Are you kind of an “Angela?”


Inflexible Controlling A planner

“Judgy” Secretive Unemotional

Uptight Deliberate Passive-Aggressive

Unflinching Restrained Envious

Uncompromising A workaholic Introverted

Cold Able to “hold out” Resentful

Withdrawn Responsible Irritable

Diligent Rational/Logical Reliable


 
Angela from "The Office" sitting in front of a wall

“Women’s Appreciation.” The Office, season 3, episode 22, NBC, 3 May. 2007. Netflix, www.netflix.com/title/70136120?source=35


Then you might be a candidate for RO-DBT!