The DBT Day Therapy Programme is a specialised one-day per week, 20-week programme offered to those experiencing personality and mood disorders, amongst other psychiatric conditions.
Clinically reviewed by: Sumitra Patel, Lead for Day Therapy Services at Nightingale Hospital
It is delivered by specialist DBT therapists as a face-to-face programme at our Bell Street Therapy Centre.
Who is the DBT Programme for?
The DBT Programme is an effective and evidence-based treatment that can support those experiencing:
- Personality disorders, especially Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) /Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD)
- Mood disorders
- Suicidal thoughts
- Self-harm
Programme overview
The DBT-informed day programme offers each patient:
- A one-day per week programme over the course of 20-weeks
- Up to three free pre-commitment groups before commencing treatment
- Four core modules will be taught by trained DBT therapists
- Mindfulness
- Distress tolerance
- Interpersonal effectiveness
- Emotional regulation
- Access to a peer-led DBT WhatsApp group
- Access to crisis coaching each day between 8:00am and 8:00pm with DBT therapists
- A free one-to-one end of treatment review on Zoom
Programme content
The DBT Day Therapy Programme helps build four main skills: mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and emotional regulation.
- Mindfulness: Skills that help to ground you by keeping you in the present moment
- Distress tolerance: Develop strategies to effectively manage emotional extremes and reduce the intensity of overwhelming emotions
- Interpersonal effectiveness: Improve your ability to communicate effectively and implement respectful boundaries for yourself and others
- Emotional regulation: Enables you to better understand your emotions and emotional response, identify triggers and develop emotional resiliency
How can you benefit from the DBT programme?
The DBT Day Therapy Programme can have a range of benefits, including:
- A reduction in distressing emotions
- Understanding, manage and reduce intensity of overwhelming emotions
- Being able to cope with painful situations
- Increase awareness of the present moment rather than reacting impulsively
- Improvements in the relationships you have with yourself and others
- Improvement in overall quality of life that can be fulfilling and stable
- A decrease in suicidal and self-harming behaviours and thoughts
How do I access the DBT Programme?
If you would like to access the DBT Day Therapy Programme, please complete our online enquiry form and our team will be in contact with you.
Download the programme brochure
You can view a copy of the programme brochure by completing the form below.
Funding
The programme can be accessed via most private medical insurers or self-funding. Self-funding patients are required to provide a deposit before commencing day treatment.
Referral and programme commencement
For more information about the DBT Day Therapy Programme or to continue with an assessment for programme suitability, please submit an enquiry and our team will be in contact with you.
Are you a health professional?
If you’re looking to refer a patient to the DBT Day Therapy Programme, all referrals begin with completing our Online Referral Form, which can be accessed by clicking below.
All referrals are carefully reviewed by our specialist multidisciplinary team to assess the suitability for the treatment programme.
If you’d like to speak with our team before submitting a referral, please contact the hospital on +44 (0)20 7535 7700 and ask to speak with the Day Therapy Team.