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Application
Process
DBT
Groups
DBT-Informed
skills groups
Application
Process for Cambridge Health Alliance Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Program
STEP
1:
IF
CLIENT HAS A THERAPIST, then the therapist fills out a DBT referral
form (above right):
1.
If client is being seen at Cambridge Health Alliance, email
form to Matthew Leeds, PhD, and
Martha Sweezy, PhD.
2.
If client is not currently seen at the Alliance and referral
is being sent from outside the system, then print and mail to:
(to Matthew Leeds, PhD, 26 Central Street, Somerville, MA 02143)
or fax referral to (617-591-6029)
- In
addition, if client is not currently seen at the Alliance and
if Dr. Leeds agrees it would be appropriate for this individual
to pursue participation in the DBT program, then client must
call to make an appointment for a General Psychiatry Intake Evaluation
(617-591-6033). (A general Psychiatry Intake Evaluation is a prerequisite
for participation in the Dialectical Behavioral Therapy [DBT]
Program).
IF
CLIENT DOES NOT HAVE A THERAPIST, then client should call to
make an appointment for a General Psychiatry Intake Evaluation (617-591-6033)
and mention an interest in the DBT program with a goal of assessing
whether DBT is the best treatment option.
PLEASE
NOTE: Applicants should be aware at the outset that the commitment
in this DBT program is one year of both a weekly skills group and
an individual therapy that follows the DBT protocol.
STEP
2:
Call
Dr. Matthew Leeds (617-575-5377) to schedule a DBT intake evaluation.
STEP
3:
Sign
up for the next DBT Pre-Commitment group, a 1-session informational
group to orient individuals interested in DBT before they commit
to a year of treatment.
- This
group runs periodically (approximately every two months), usually
on a Friday in the late afternoon (specific time TBA).
STEP
4:
After
meeting with Dr. Leeds and completing the Pre-Commitment group,
individuals are on a waiting list. A rough estimate of the current
wait time to begin in a DBT group is 3 months (the actual wait time
may be less or more than that).
STEP
5:
Assignment
to a DBT skills group and (as soon as possible) an individual DBT
therapist.
- Individuals
who have a DBT trained therapist outside of the Cambridge Health
Alliance system can discuss the option of continuing in that treatment.
- DBT
individual therapists at Cambridge Health Alliance usually sit
on a DBT treatment team that meets weekly, and the final decision
to waive the requirement that clients see a Cambridge Health Alliance
individual DBT therapist will be made by the Alliance's DBT staff.
DBT
GROUPS
DBT
Groups
1.
Wednesday, 10:00-11:40 AM: For women only, co-led by Matthew Leeds,
PhD and Linda Hutton, PsyD
2.
Friday, 9:00-10:40 AM: For women and men, co-led by Matthew Leeds,
PhD and Martha Sweezy, PhD
Advanced
DBT groups
Prerequisite
for advanced groups - graduation from a DBT group at Cambridge Health
Alliance and space in the group.
1.
Tuesday, 3:00-4:30 PM, ongoing, women only.
DBT-INFORMED
SKILLS GROUPS
(These groups are in the Outpatient
Psychiatry Department and DO NOT require clients to be in an individual
DBT therapy)
1. Fridays, 1:00-2:30 PM at 26
Central Street: For women and men who do not self-injure, attempt
suicide, abuse substances or make significant use of emergency rooms
or inpatient units. This group may include graduates from a one-year
DBT skills group who wish to consolidate and extend their skills
practice. It is an “intermediate” group. All participants must be
in an individual therapy, but DBT individual therapy is not required.
Commitment is for 6 months. As individuals
graduate new members will come in.
Please contact Chris
Carter-Husk, LICSW, with referrals. If emailing from outside
CHA, please do not use patient names or information just send a
query asking for further contact.
If emailing from inside CHA, please describe why patient is appropriate
for this group given the inclusion criteria, the patient’s goals
for treatment, diagnosis and insurance. A half-hour screening interview
will be scheduled.
2. DBT in Outpatient Addictions (OAS)
The contact person for Outpatient Addictions is
Amy Sobiesczyk.
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