Welcome to Chicago DBT Institute
“The healing is not the fixing of the broken but the rediscovering of the unbroken.”
— Jeff Foster
The program at the Chicago DBT Institute® is recognized as Chicagoland’s first DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Program™ demonstrating the ability and intent to deliver comprehensive DBT with complete fidelity to the treatment model.
CDBTI: Chicago’s Premier DBT Center
Our Philosophy
What is DBT?
DBT is an evidence-based therapy that can help you to learn to control your behaviors, fully experience emotions, solve ordinary life problems, and feel a sense of connection to the world and people around you.
Who We Treat
DBT consists of individual weekly therapy, skills training group, 24/7 phone coaching access, and Consultation Team for all staff.
How We Treat
DBT is the treatment of choice for disorders of emotion regulation. Emotional dysregulation can lead to ineffective behaviors or skills deficits which may be maladaptive methods of coping with constant emotional pain or an attempt to deal with out of control emotions.
Every member of our team is a clinician that has extensive training in the delivery of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and adjunct therapies. We work collaboratively as a Team and strive to provide our patients with the highest quality of evidence-based treatment in a warm and beautiful environment.
Who We Are
Join Our Team
Do you want to be a part of a DBT-Certified team? Prior DBT experience is a plus but not required — we will train you to become an excellent DBT therapist! CDBTI is accepting applications for 2025 Post-Doctoral Fellows.
