Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute (PPI) offers Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) as an Intensive Outpatient Program for individuals who are needing more support than outpatient therapy alone.

Services this program offers

The program is 13 weeks in duration and operates on a “rolling entry” where new class members join the class as there are openings at the beginning of the next module. Skills classes are co-facilitated by therapists with specialized DBT training and include up to 12 men and women.

Services of the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Program include:

  • Skills classes are offered on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays in the morning from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. or in the afternoon from 12:30-3:30 p.m.
  • Individual DBT sessions are offered one time per week for 60 minutes
  • Coaching call is a service available to individuals who are enrolled in any of our DBT programs outside of business hours
  • Care planning (during treatment and at discharge)
  • Psychiatric evaluation and medication management (optional)
  • Family DBT Sessions [up to three] during the 13 weeks (optional)
  • DBT Step Down outpatient group
  • DBT Graduate Group (for individuals who have successfully completed a DBT program either at PPI or in the community)

Treatment goals include development of:

  • Relationship skills
  • The ability to handle stress
  • The ability to regulate emotions
  • Self-awareness

Getting started

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is offered at our Division Street Clinic in Harrisburg.

401 Division St
Harrisburg, PA 17110

Directions to Division Street Clinic


For an in-depth discussion about how DBT can help you reach your goals, or to refer to the DBT OP Group or DBT Graduate Support Group, call (717) 782-6515.

For referrals to DBT/IOP, please call the Admissions Department at (717) 782-6493.