You’re Not “Too Much”: A Trauma-Informed DBT Program for Emotional Overwhelm and Identity Healing

May 2025
English speaking psychologist in europe

You’ve tried to keep it together and hold your breath through the chaos, shrink your needs, stay calm for everyone else. But inside? It still feels like you’re on edge, unsure of who you are, constantly swinging between numb and too much.

If this sounds familiar, you’re not broken. You don’t need to face this alone.

I’ve built a deeply compassionate, trauma-informed 25-week DBT therapy program designed to help adults like you feel more emotionally steady, self-trusting, and safe; in your body, in your relationships, and in your life.

Why DBT? And Why Now?

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is a powerful, skills-based approach that helps people navigate intense emotions, impulsive behaviors, and relationship challenges with more clarity and self-respect. Originally designed to support individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), it’s now widely used to support:

  • PTSD and complex trauma recovery
  • Emotional reactivity and self-criticism
  • Fawning, people-pleasing, and boundary confusion
  • Chronic identity shifts or feeling “not like myself”
  • Self-harm urges, burnout, or emotional shutdown
  • Adults who are highly sensitive and exhausted from holding it all in

What makes this program different is how it integrates trauma neuroscience, nervous system regulation, and identity rebuilding—without ever asking you to push past what your body isn’t ready for.

What You’ll Learn: A 5-Phase Path Back to Self

This isn’t just “talk therapy.” It’s a structured, skill-building journey delivered through weekly 1:1 sessions, psychoeducation, and practical tools that are personalized to your pace and your story.

Phase 1: Mindfulness & Internal Safety

We begin by rebuilding a sense of safety in your nervous system. You’ll learn mindfulness practices that help reduce dissociation, panic, and emotional spirals—while reconnecting to your body in ways that feel manageable.
Core skills: Wise Mind, Observing, Describing, Nonjudgmental Awareness

Phase 2: Emotional Regulation

In this phase, we build emotional literacy and resilience. You'll learn how to name what you feel, pause before reacting, and shift emotional states with intention.
Core skills: Check the Facts, Opposite Action, ABC PLEASE, Build Mastery

Phase 3: Distress Tolerance

Learn what to do when everything feels like too much. We focus on real-time coping strategies that help you get through difficult moments without shutting down or acting impulsively.
Core skills: STOP, TIPP, Radical Acceptance, Self-Soothing

Phase 4: Interpersonal Effectiveness

This is where your relationships change. You’ll learn how to ask for what you need, set boundaries without guilt, and navigate connection without self-abandonment.
Core skills: DEAR MAN, GIVE, FAST, Boundary Visualization

Phase 5: Integration, Identity & Self-Compassion

The final phase supports you in connecting the dots—who you’ve been, who you are now, and who you’re becoming. We focus on values, identity, and future-oriented reflection, so your growth continues even after therapy ends.
Core tools: Self-Compassion (Neff), Letter to Younger Self, Values Mapping, Future Planning

What My Clients Say

"I finally feel like I have tools. Not just talk, but actual ways to ground myself and not spiral."
"I used to think I was too much. Now I see I just needed different support."
"This work helped me get out of survival mode. I’m not scared of my emotions anymore."

What You Get in This Program

✓ 50-minute weekly online sessions
✓ Printable handouts, journal prompts, and tools to track progress
✓ Psychoeducation rooted in DBT, trauma theory, and neurobiology
✓ Safe space to work through shame, shutdown, and identity confusion
✓ Structured format with room for personalization and pacing
✓ Available worldwide (sessions in English)

A Note About Diagnosis

You do not need a formal BPD or PTSD diagnosis to join this program. This work is for anyone who resonates with:

  • Emotional intensity
  • Chronic inner self-doubt or criticism
  • Relationship confusion
  • A strong desire for more regulation, identity clarity, and emotional safety

Ready to Begin?

You don’t need to be “healed enough” to start this work. You just need to be curious about what healing might look like—with support.

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