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You've come to the right place.

You live on an emotional roller coaster. You can't keep friends or a job. Hurting yourself feels better than hurting others. You question whether your life is worth living. Perhaps you diagnosed yourself on the internet or your doctor told you that you need something called "DBT."

DBT is what we live and breathe.

DBT Institute Oklahoma City welcomes diversity of identity and perspectives. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or social status. ​

What is DBT?

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a cognitive behavioral treatment that was originally developed to treat chronically suicidal individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and it is now recognized as the gold standard psychological treatment for this population. In addition, research has shown that it is effective in treating a wide range of other disorders such as substance dependence, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and eating disorders.

Research has shown DBT to be effective in reducing suicidal behavior, non-suicidal self-injury, psychiatric hospitalization, treatment dropout, substance use, anger, and depression.


​DBT includes four sets of behavioral skills:
Mindfulness: the practice of being fully aware and present in this one moment
Distress Tolerance: how to tolerate pain in difficult situations, not change it
Interpersonal Effectiveness: how to ask for what you want and say no while maintaining self-respect and relationships with others
Emotion Regulation: how to change emotions that you want to change

Source: http://behavioraltech.org/resources/whatisdbt.cfm

About Kris

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KRIS IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
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Validation and acceptance are Kris' therapy super-powers. Kris studied Psychology at Southern Nazarene University (2006) and Counseling Psychology at the University of Central Oklahoma (2009). He received intensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy through the Linehan Institute in 2011. As a supervising clinician for a community mental health center in Oklahoma City, he was integral in developing the first outpatient DBT program for adolescents in the state of Oklahoma. He was appointed by Governor Mary Fallin to the Oklahoma Suicide Prevention Council.

Kris loves to share in the human experience and that which is good, true, and beautiful. He enjoys the Victorian small town life with his family in historic Guthrie, Oklahoma where he serves on the Planning Commission.

Private Pay Rate:
$160 per individual session
$50 per DBT Skills Training Group session
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We accept Aetna, United Healthcare, HealthChoice, and a few others in addition to private pay. We also accept Flexible Spending/Health Savings Accounts and can provide documentation for Out of Network claims.

5100 N Brookline Ave, Suite 175
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
Phone 405.234.5522
Fax 405.353.6593
contact@krisbryantlpc.com
Office hours by appointment only.

© 2020 Kris Bryant, MA, LPC, PLLC dba "DBT Institute Oklahoma City"
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