Welcome to GlowDBT
“You can't think yourself into new ways of acting;
You only can act yourself into new ways of thinking.”
Marsha Linehan, Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir
GlowDBT is part of The Glow Centre, a private allied health practice in Kenmore, in Brisbane's western suburbs. Our team are highly trained and experienced mental health clinicians who are dedicated to improving lives and building skills to navigate complex emotional and behavioural problems.
DBT focuses on helping people manage intense emotions, improve relationships, and develop healthier coping strategies. DBT combines mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness techniques to teach clients how to balance acceptance and change. The therapy emphasizes validating the person's feelings while also encouraging skill development to manage challenging situations more effectively.
Our DBT program strictly follows the protocols and curriculum designed by Dr Marsha Linehan, and we have embedded measures of adherence and assessing progress so as to ensure we are delivering adherent, effective services.
Director and Principal Clinical Psychologist, Melissa Kent, has been practising DBT since 2003 and was the first clinician in Australia to be trained in DBT PE at Behavioral Tech/The Linehan Institute. Over the years, Melissa has delivered DBT training to professionals around Australia, including all DBT clinicians who have been welcomed to the team at The Glow Centre.
Melissa oversees a handpicked team of experienced DBT clinicians who are motivated to help you learn practical skills to manage emotions, relationships and distress.
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We have created this website to provide you with as much information as possible for you to find out all about DBT at The Glow Centre.
Please explore the site to find out more about the DBT options that we offer at GlowDBT. If you think our DBT program would be a good fit for you, contact us to discuss booking a DBT assessment appointment.
Download our DBT information pack via our Contact page.