DBT California

Award winning clinicians and scholars bringing you state of the art, empirically sound treatments.

Our DBT programs were founded by leaders in the field of treatment and research in DBT.

DBT California

DBT California is a team of award winning clinicians and scholars. We are dedicated to bringing you state of the art, scientifically sound treatments. Our DBT programs were founded by leaders in the field of treatment and research in Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy was developed by Marsha Linehan, Ph.D. at the University of Washington. DBT is focused on helping patients with problems regulating emotions. Typically, but not exclusively, for patients with Borderline Personality Disorder, DBT has multiple clinical trials demonstrating its effectiveness. DBT California offers comprehensive DBT programs for adults with intensively/comprehensively trained staff. For a program to call itself DBT it must have all of the following components:

  1. Individual Therapy
  2. Group Skills Training
  3. In-between session coaching
  4. DBT therapist weekly consultation meeting

Lynn McFarr, Ph.D. started the first comprehensive DBT program in the Los Angeles area in the late 1990s. In 2008, Dr. McFarr founded DBT California, offering high-fidelity, comprehensive DBT in four locations- Orange County (Newport Beach), Torrance, and the Beverly Hills/Mid Wilshire (Los Angeles).  For more information on how to choose a DBT program, please click here. For more information or to schedule call us at 800-624-1475 or complete the contact form below.

Adult DBT

Adolescent Program

Parent Skills Training

Family & Friends Program

Borderline Personality Disorder

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) can cause major difficulties with managing emotions and subsequently, daily life. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) has shown to be effective in treating BPD symptoms and allowing individuals to build a life worth living. DBT California offers DBT programs for AdultsAdolescents and Friends & Family in our Orange County (Newport Beach), Torrance and Beverly Hills Area (Los Angeles) offices.

News and Updates

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Research says a new form of CBT, acceptance and commitment therapy, which is a transdiagnostic approach, is found to be effective in treating a wide range of problems. This recent study shows promising outcomes in CBT use to manage chronic pain. Check it out! Click...

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Actor and writer Will Wheaton candidly blogs about his experience with anxiety and depression in his effort to reduce stigma around mental illness. His raw account of his deep struggle and his progress in therapy is brave and inspiring. Click here to learn more! More...

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