Psychiatrists in Clay County, FL
Angela Davenport
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP, APRN
Verified Verified
Orange Park, FL 32073
NOW serving the Southeastern U.S.! Better Beginnings provides counseling and medication prescribing both in person and via telehealth/online. We understand there is no "one size fits all" approach in life; we value that you are a unique person. The Better Beginnings' model of care honors each parents' unique needs and values. While we specialize in perinatal mental health; we serve both minors and adults outside of that season of life. We also specialize in evaluating and treating ADHD.
NOW serving the Southeastern U.S.! Better Beginnings provides counseling and medication prescribing both in person and via telehealth/online. We understand there is no "one size fits all" approach in life; we value that you are a unique person. The Better Beginnings' model of care honors each parents' unique needs and values. While we specialize in perinatal mental health; we serve both minors and adults outside of that season of life. We also specialize in evaluating and treating ADHD.
Online Psychiatrists
Celia Colson
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, DNP, ARNP, PMHNP
Verified Verified
Gainesville, FL 32601
Welcome! I love to work with individuals who feel stuck. Your concerns may range from anxiety, depression, trauma, or stress to navigating life transitions, relationships, or self-esteem issues. Your goal is likely to feel better and to move through life more effectively, with more ease. You want a provider you can trust, who meets you with humanity and warmth, and who you know is dedicated to instigating real change. You want to be heard, to have a mentor in this process, and to receive thorough explanation and education regarding all treatment options.
Welcome! I love to work with individuals who feel stuck. Your concerns may range from anxiety, depression, trauma, or stress to navigating life transitions, relationships, or self-esteem issues. Your goal is likely to feel better and to move through life more effectively, with more ease. You want a provider you can trust, who meets you with humanity and warmth, and who you know is dedicated to instigating real change. You want to be heard, to have a mentor in this process, and to receive thorough explanation and education regarding all treatment options.
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Dialectical Behavior (DBT) Psychiatrists
Who is DBT for?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is designed for people who experience extreme emotional suffering because they lack the skills of emotion regulation and distress tolerance. The basic affliction can underlie a wide range of conditions, from borderline and other personality disorders to PTSD and treatment-resistant anxiety and depression. The therapy is helpful to those whose emotional reactivity is so intense it is disruptive to everyday functioning and leads to frequent crises.
Why do people need DBT?
The ability to regulate emotions is a core psychological skill that enables people to function in life and pay attention to the world outside themselves; it is consistently associated with well-being. DBT is designed to help people learn how to manage and regulate their emotions. Originally developed to treat people with borderline personality disorder whose extreme emotional suffering led to self-harming behavior and suicide attempts, the therapy is now applied to other conditions involving emotion dysregulation, particularly when other treatments have failed.
What happens in DBT?
Individuals meet weekly with their therapist to discuss their experiences relating to moods, behavior, and skills. Using checklists they maintain, they review emotional experiences and positive practices they engage in. The diaries help individuals discern what led up to a specific problem encountered, this is followed by discussion of the consequences of their actions. In addition, individuals may meet in class-like small groups to learn skills such as mindfulness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
How long does DBT last?
Because it is intended to establish long-lasting behavioral change among those with persistent problems, DBT is designed to last six months to a year. DBT includes both weekly sessions of individual therapy and weekly skills-training sessions conducted in small groups. Studies of DBT have documented improvement within a year of treatment, particularly in controlling self-harmful behavior; nevertheless, individuals may require therapy for several years.