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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
DBT is the Gold Standard Treatment for individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (EUPD) but in recent years the treatment has proved to be highly effective for adults and adolescents with autism, addiction, ADHD or who are struggling with emotion regulation. Our DBT service is available across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, and Milton Keynes.
DBT Prices Starting from £2,250 for 6 Months of DBT
About DBT
Who Can Benefit From Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
In all of the conditions or neurodiversity below, the common denominator is that you are missing all or some of the handbook to life that other seem to find so easy. Our DBT Skills groups combined with 1-1 therapy gives you the skills to develop emotion regulation, interpersonal skills, distress tolerance, mindfulness and much more.
DBT For Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Evidence-based support to manage intense emotions and improve relationships.
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BPD was the original diagnosis when Marsha Linehan founded DBT, and some people prefer that term to EUPD — but whichever you use, these skills were originally designed for people with this condition.
When emotions zigzag up and down, or disagreements in relationships are more common than you would like, it probably feels overwhelming and frustrating — for you and for the other person. DBT is the missing part of understanding how to manage your emotions and your relationships.
DBT For EUPD
Practical skills to reduce distress and build stability in daily life.
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The term EUPD was introduced into the ICD-10 in 1992, with two subtypes: impulsive and borderline. There are still discrepancies in terminology depending on who you speak to and your own preferences.
Whichever description is used, we are talking about a wide range of people who need coping strategies that work and ways to manage life. DBT gives you the skills that some people seem to acquire naturally but a lot don’t. The fact that you can learn them at any time and in a logical way is what DBT gives us.
DBT For Treating Adults With Complex Addiction
Structured therapy to manage urges and strengthen recovery.
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Addiction is complex on its own. When you add in the fact that many people are dealing with multiple substances and/or other unhelpful behaviours — such as pornography or gambling, to mention just two — there needs to be multiple strands to recovery.
A combination of 12-step fellowships, 1-to-1 psychotherapy, and DBT skills can make a significant difference. Between 75% and 93% of those with addiction also have past trauma — but we cannot resolve the trauma without first having the stable ground to cope with that next step. DBT gives you the additional skills needed to combine self-help solutions with evidence-based psychological treatment.
DBT For Adults with Behavioural and Emotional Dysregulation
Tools to regain balance and respond — not react.
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Not all adults with behavioural and emotional dysregulation have a diagnosis, or they may have several. Whether either of these applies to you, it is the impact that your emotions are having on your life that matters most.
It may be that there are behaviours affecting your relationships — yours or the other person’s. It may be influencing your work life or social life. If you find yourself reacting to situations and then wishing afterwards that you hadn’t said or done that thing — DBT can give you the skills to manage these situations in a way that leaves you feeling in control of yourself.
DBT Self-Harm and Suicidal Thoughts
Safe, structured support to find healthier coping strategies.
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Self-harm is a coping strategy. It may help you manage your emotions or just relieve their intensity in that moment. It may get rid of that numb feeling for a while — if you are feeling pain, you are feeling something. It can help you feel in control when everything else feels out of control, or it can be a way to punish yourself.
Whatever the reason, you probably don’t want to continue using this coping strategy but don’t know how to change it. In DBT we can work with you to build skills that replace old methods with more effective, healthier ways to cope.
Suicidal thoughts can feel comforting. Even knowing that you have an escape strategy from life can help you feel in control for a while. Whilst some people do want to die, many simply want the pain to stop. DBT can give you the skills to manage those painful emotions and difficult situations that create these urges.
DBT For Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Skills-based therapy to support emotional regulation and everyday challenges.
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Many autistic adults and those with ADHD experience the world with an intensity that others simply don’t. Emotions can feel bigger, transitions harder, and social interactions more exhausting. When you add in the reality that many people reach adulthood without a diagnosis — or receive one late — there is often a lifetime of feeling different, misunderstood, or like you are constantly working harder than everyone else just to keep up.
For neurodiverse adults, emotional experience often falls into one of two patterns — and sometimes both. Some people feel emotions with an overwhelming intensity that is difficult to manage or contain. Others struggle to identify or name what they are feeling at all; this is known as alexithymia, and it is far more common in autistic and ADHD adults than is widely understood. Neither experience is a character flaw — both simply reflect how a neurodiverse brain processes the world.
DBT does not try to change who you are. It gives you a practical set of skills to work with how your brain actually functions — managing emotional intensity, navigating relationships on your own terms, and building a life that feels sustainable rather than overwhelming.
We run a specialist neurodiverse DBT group specifically for adults with ASD and ADHD, where the skills are taught in a way that is adapted to how neurodiverse adults learn and process information. You do not have to fit into a one-size-fits-all approach.
DBT-A, The DBT Group Dedicated to Helping Teenagers
DBT-A for teenagers offers early intervention and is designed for this age group. They will be supported by two DBT skills trainers who are fully qualified psychotherapists with significant additional training. You will be offered monthly support to understand the changes your teen is making and how you can best support them.
DBT For Teenages with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Early intervention to build resilience and healthy coping skills.
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Whilst the DSM-V-TR and its predecessors don’t prohibit diagnosing BPD/EUPD in young people under 18, it is a less common diagnosis due to the long-held stigma that has affected many adults with this condition.
You and your child may decide that getting a diagnosis is important or you may decide that finding the right treatment for the behaviours and emotions matters more. Either way, DBT was designed for exactly this set of experiences, and it works.
DBT For Treating Teenagers With Addiction Behaviours
Teenagers with addiction behaviours – Support to manage urges and develop safer, positive habits.
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Many teenagers experiment with alcohol or substances at some point or engage in other harmful behaviours. This moves from experimentation to problematic use when you find that you are spending more time or money on these things than is helpful, or you notice that you only want to spend time with other people who are doing the same thing.
Parents if you are noticing that your child has disengaged from hobbies and activities in favour of spending time with others who are regularly using alcohol or drugs, or engaging in risk-taking behaviours, supporting them to find healthy coping strategies alongside taking a non-judgemental approach will help you both navigate what is often a difficult time. DBT gives teenagers the skills to understand what is driving those behaviours and how to meet those needs differently.
DBT For Teens with Behavioural and Emotional Dysregulation
Tools to help regain balance and respond more calmly.
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Is your teenager going through adolescence or does it appear to be more than that? As a teen, you may be thinking yes, I have all these added hormones, but my friends don’t react or behave the same way I do.
It may be that you would benefit from help to regulate your emotions or learn how to manage behaviours that you think are harmful to you, or that you don’t want to engage with but find yourself doing anyway. DBT gives you the tools that seem to come naturally to others and often, after completing the programme, many people ask why these skills aren’t taught in schools as a matter of course.
DBT For Teenagers with ADHD
Practical strategies to improve focus, self-control, and confidence.
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Having ADHD as a teenager can feel like everyone else got a manual for how to manage school, friendships, and everyday life that you never received. The impulsivity, the difficulty concentrating, the emotional reactions that feel bigger than the situation seems to call for these are not personality flaws or laziness. They are how your brain is wired, and they can be exhausting to live with, particularly when the people around you don’t always understand that.
DBT gives you a practical toolkit for managing the moments that feel out of control whether that is saying something you didn’t mean, losing focus when it matters most, or feeling overwhelmed by emotions that seem to come from nowhere. For teenagers with ADHD, the distress tolerance and emotional regulation skills in particular can make a real difference to everyday life, at school, at home, and in friendships.
Parents, if your teenager is struggling with impulsivity, emotional outbursts, or low self-esteem alongside their ADHD, DBT can provide the structured, skills-based support that medication alone does not always address.
DBT For Teenagers with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Skills to support emotional regulation and everyday challenges.
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Being autistic as a teenager brings its own set of challenges not because there is anything wrong with being autistic, but because the world is largely set up for people whose brains work differently to yours. Social situations that others seem to navigate effortlessly, sensory experiences that feel overwhelming, or the exhaustion of masking who you are just to get through the day, these things take a real toll.
For some autistic teenagers, emotions feel overwhelming and difficult to contain. For others, it can be hard to identify what they are feeling at all an experience known as alexithymia, which is much more common in autistic young people than is generally recognised. DBT works with both experiences, giving you skills that are practical, logical, and learnable which often suits the way autistic teenagers think and process information.
We run a specialist neurodiverse DBT group for young people with ASD and ADHD, where the programme is adapted to how neurodiverse teenagers actually learn. You do not have to fit a neurotypical model to benefit from DBT.
Parents, if your teenager has recently received a diagnosis, or you are waiting for one, DBT can provide meaningful support right now, without needing to wait for a formal diagnosis to be in place.
DBT For Teenagers with Depression and Anxiety
Support to manage low mood, worry, and build healthier coping patterns.
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Depression and anxiety in teenagers can be easy to dismiss by others, and sometimes by the young person themselves. It can feel like you should just be able to push through it, or that what you are experiencing is just part of growing up. But if low mood, persistent worry, or a sense of hopelessness is affecting your day-to-day life your sleep, your friendships, your ability to engage with the things you used to enjoy that is worth taking seriously.
DBT does not just focus on how you are feeling right now. It gives you skills to understand why your emotions work the way they do and how to manage them differently going forward reducing the intensity of the low points, building tolerance for difficult moments, and gradually creating a life that feels more manageable and more like your own.
Parents, anxiety and depression in teenagers does not always look the way you might expect. It can show up as irritability, withdrawal, avoidance of school, or physical complaints with no clear cause. If something feels off, trust that instinct. Early support makes a significant difference.
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Our Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Pricing
Our Dialectical Behaviour Therapy packages are paid for monthly with no hidden fees or extra costs.
Please note that before starting our DBT course, we require new clients to start with an initial assessment. This is an essential step to ensuring you receive the right support and it will help us place you in a group best fit for your needs.
Please note, prices are set as of September 2025 and are subject to review annually.
If you’re interested in starting DBT online rather than in person please view our online course information here.
Adults In-Person DBT Therapy Pricing and Features
- Pre-Assessment Appointments Included
- Weekly 2 1/2 hr DBT Group
- Weekly one to one 1hr Therapy
- Phone Support
- Whatsapp Support Group Access
Adults In-Person DBT Group Only Pricing and Features
- Pre-Assessment Appointments Included
- Weekly 2 1/2 hr DBT Group
- Whatsapp Support Group Access
- Additional 1-1 therapy can be booked in addition. Prices from £60-£150
DBT Adolescent Therapy Package
- Pre-Assessment Appointments Included
- Weekly DBT Skills Group
- Weekly 1-1 Therapy with advanced DBT Therapist
- Contact us for a tailored price for you and your family
Cost per DBT Skills Training group is £100
Cost per Psychotherapy appointment is £90
Cost per DBT coaching appointment is £60
Cost per online family group is £40
DBT Adolescent Group + Family Group
- Weekly DBT Skills Group*
- Monthly Family Support Group
- Additional 1-1 therapy can be booked in addition. Prices from £60-£150
Cost per DBT Skills Training group is £100
Cost per Psychotherapy appointment is £90
Cost per DBT coaching appointment is £60
Cost per online family group is £40
*If you're having therapy elsewhere or would like to discuss a group only option in limited cases we may be able to offer group only.
Client Reviews
What Our Clients Say About Our DBT Therapy
The DBT group is helpful in finding methods to allow for improvement of life experiences. I’ve found the group experience to be insightful with members sharing their personal experiences with the methods taught and how they have adapted them to make them fit to their specific needs. Making connections to the facilitators and group members dealing with difficulties and still showing up to help improve themselves is inspiring and encouraging to keeping the commitment to yourself of showing up every week. I’ve found group to be a safe space and being surrounded by supportive individuals you truly feel as if you have people in your corner and on your team building together.
Anonymous Client
I first came into contact with Home Counties Therapy two years ago and at that point was in a very dark place feeling like I didn’t have options or anywhere to turn to.
I have been seeing them on a 1.2.1 basis and have had group DBT sessions as well.
From the outset Lorna was welcoming, understanding and has helped me to get my life back on track. I’m now back in education, have a great relationship with my family and am feeling the best I ever have, this is all down to HCT guiding me along the way and encouraging me to persevere with change.
Jared
I have just completed a 6 month course of Dialectical Behavioural Therapy with Home Counties Therapy.
This course has been invaluable in providing me with skills that I did not possess before beginning the course. In particular I have found the interpersonal skills training and the distress tolerance tools to be helpful.
The trainers are compassionate and have fantastic knowledge of both the course material & the supporting psychology. They have a great way of helping every member of the group to understand the course material and apply it to our own lives. No one gets left behind.
Jackie
Through DBT and my 1-2-1 sessions I have noticed a change in myself and started to challenge my thoughts and have come to understand why I’m feeling the way I do.
My therapist has been fantastic! Home Counties has helped me a lot and I’ve got skills to set me for life I love the fact that if I am having a crisis someone is always at the end of the phone to help me get through it.
Highly recommend!
Jen
DBT has completely transformed my life, giving me the tools to cope with everyday challenges. I went from struggling to use the tools and not understanding how to utilise them and over time it has become easier and a way of life. I have my good and bad days like everyone but with the constant reminder that I have DBT to help me if I have my really bad days which pulls me through. Since using DBT I have less bad days which it takes me quicker to recover from. I recommend DBT to everyone and still to this day look at the tools to refresh my memory. I have even started using DBT with my children. Thank you to Matthew and their team for helping through a very dark time.
Anonymous Client
Being a part of the DBT Group has opened my eyes to some comforting truths: that I’m not alone in my struggles, that help and understanding is out there from peers as well as therapists, and that there are skills to learn that can help me manage the daily challenges I always seem to be facing.
I’ve found the DBT skills to be of great help in earning back competency, freedom of mind, and a healthy sense of control in my life. Having tools with which to navigate the difficulties of life, especially those created of my own mind, has opened doors for me that I felt were shut for good, and I feel the future is now manageable, and even hopeful.
Isaac B
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Frequently Asked Questions About Our DBT Courses
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Groups are run by one or two facilitators, each group begins with a check in, where you share with the group and skills trainers how you are doing and how your week has been. This is followed by a short mindfulness activity, to help ground and to try put different techniques to assist with your own practice.
Next, we look at the homework that was set from the previous week, you will be invited to share your homework and skills practice. It allows you to get feedback from the skills trainers in case of any problems encountered, it also serves as a valuable learning tool for other group members to hear how skills are being practiced in different contexts. Please not there is no requirement to share personal information or anything in depth, however it is an effective way of encouraging skills practice and increasing your mastery of skills over time. We will then look at the skills card to see how skills practice generally across the week has been. Usually at this point there will be a short comfort break.
We will then move on to the new skills being taught, this will involve teaching points, discussions, activities and examples to help explore Important concepts or aspects of the skills. We try to make there’s teaching sessions as interactive and as engaging as possible. There will always be opportunities to ask questions and practice the skills in group. Before finishing, the homework and skills practice will be set. As group comes to a close there’s a final check out and chance to ask questions.
The WhatsApp group is the primary method of communication for all things group related. Any information about group, homework or relevant links will all be posted in the group chat. It is also an opportunity to get skills advice or help with your homework.
Our DBT groups are limited to a maximum of eight participants and are facilitated by 2 DBT skills trainers. This ensures there are enough people to create a rich, engaging experience, while still keeping the group small enough for everyone to receive personalised attention from our DBT skills trainers.
For our adult groups, these start from age 19 and above.
Our DBT A course is available for teenagers aged between 13 to 18 inclusive. However, if the patient is slightly younger than 13, please contact us to discuss. It is possible to allow younger people into the group depending on their maturity.
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