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[quote=Anonymous]A few years ago, my son's neuropsych suggested DBT (among other things), but we were unable to find any DBT providers for his age (10 at the time). We found a therapist trained in other methods who has been great for him (mostly talk/play therapy).

Due to that and many other changes and hard work, he is doing really well now compared to when the prior eval was done, but some of the emotional regulation challenges that led to the DBT suggestion remain (albeit more muted now).

We are moving and will need a new therapist in our new city, and I'm wondering if we should look for someone who does DBT now that we have another opportunity. Is DBT a shorter-term approach, whereas it might be more long-term with other approaches? We definitely expect needing him in therapy pretty much consistently throughout the teen years. Would DBT be a major upheaval compared to what he has been doing? Does he need to be totally "bought in" for DBT to work? Since he hasn't had a ton of emotional challenges recently, I wonder about this last question as it relates to working on specific things (which he may or may not see as issues he needs to work on). Any thoughts on DBT for AuDHDers?

Obviously, I'll ask his current provider and prospective ones, but I'm curious to find out what experiences have been for others.[/quote]

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