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  • Home
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy
    • What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?
    • Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Families
    • Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Couples
    • Resources for Families, Couples & Friends
    • Client Forms & Worksheets
    • Online Training Information
  • Upcoming Classes
  • Blogs
    • Blog: Head, Heart & Hands
    • Blog for Fellow Therapists
    • Recent Resources via Twitter
  • About John Mader
  • Contact & Request Information
  • Maps
  • Mindfulness in Clinical Practice and Daily Life
  • DBT Guided Mindfulness Practices
  • Coping with Covid Resources
  • CIP Good Faith Estimate Notice




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​DBT  SKILLS
 
​FOR 

FAMILIES, 
 COUPLES,  &  INDIVIDUALS


Welcome! At Carolina Integrative Psychotherapy, we offer services employing evidence-based practices drawing from our training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy and Family Systems.
The purpose of this website is to help you explore how DBT can be helpful in relationships. This is for family members. And therapists too. 
  • ​On these pages, you will find resources for expanding our relationship skills. DBT or Dialectical Behavior Therapy holds that each of us can always learn more about our patterns of relating, of thinking, of feeling, and being in the world.
  • We can learn skills and perspectives that help us to be more accepting of our current lives while also more able to effectively change.
  • This ongoing (sorry, nothing is permanent) balance of acceptance and change is the core dialectic that guides our creating meaningful relationships. 

services provided

  • Individual, couple, or family sessions (wait list) 
  • DBT Skills Training for families & friends and couples.
  • Standard DBT Skills Groups for individuals (wait list)​
  • DBT for Couples Training-Consult Team, supervision and consultation
  • DBT Skillz for Therapists . Email for more info on the 2025 sessions and to join the wait list.
  • ​Compassion Focused Therapy​. Email for more information.

Mindfulness in the Red Zone?

  • A group of DBT graduates share some suggestions on how to be more balanced and mindful even during those moments when we are emotionally reactive and vulnerable. See the blog: Head, Hearts and Hands.

​​How To Use This Website?
  • If you want to know more about DBT, then you may want to first view the pages under "DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY" tab above.​ If you hold the pointer over "DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY," you can access the drop-down menu for resources, forms & worksheets, and information on our skills groups for families, couples & psychotherapists. ​
  • For more specific application of skills, you may find the "BLOGS"  to be useful. ​​
Upcoming Classes

DBT Skillz for Therapists.  Sept-Dec  2025 sessions on Interpersonal Effectiveness and Core Mindfulness. Contact us about joining. Registration is OPEN.
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15 Week Online DBT Skills for Couples
Fall 2025 - Registration is Open.

​Online DBT Family Skills Training series returns in
 January 2026. 


Video introductions to Family Skills Training

  • Understanding the Red Zone of Emotional Vulnerability
  • Conversation about Mindfulness (with Guided Practice)

Favorite Resources at this Time of Coping with Covid

Resources from DBT, ACT, Compassion-Focused, Mindfulness, and essential Humor found here.
More Resources

EMERGE. I am excited to share information with you about this resource for young adults and their families! This approach incorporates DBT and other proven methods to help young adults with the practical challenges of successfully taking their next steps. Contact Becca Edwards-Powell and the TAP Clinic.

The TAP Clinic's Emotional Resiliency (ER) group has upcoming openings. This is a skills-based group meant to help individuals engage with their emotions effectively, learning skills for emotional awareness, emotional engagement, and interpersonal skills around emotions. 

Resources for Visits with Friends and Family

For your skillful coping during your next visit with family and old friends... DBT Cope Ahead Chain for Visits with Family & Friends, including Five Common Tasks You Can Cope with More Skillfully and the DBT Holiday Antidotes.

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Holiday Antidotes 2
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Dec. 12, 2019
Podcast with ​
Charlie Swenson
Holiday Antidotes 1
​Podcast Dec. 2018
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​charlie swenson

Coping with Holiday Hell on Charlie Swenson's podcast, To Hell and Back. The #HolidaySeason can be painful for valid reasons. These #mindfulness-based skills from #DBT offer some welcome antidotes. https://t.co/QeV0lRBCri @SwensonDBT https://t.co/DmxRur75hG pic.twitter.com/cw0ZglzEZk

— John Mader (@johncmader) December 24, 2018


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​Chapel Hill & Carrboro, NC
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Tel. 919.968.0231 x.1002
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