The Institute of Living is a residential psychiatric facility located at Hartford, CT, United States ‎ merged with Hartford Hospital in the year 1994.

The Dialectical Behavioral Therapy course is a treatment designed specifically for people with borderline personality disorder.

The goal of treatment is to build a “life worth living".

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a form of cognitive-behavioral therapy, and it constitutes validation, mindfulness and acceptance as strategies to help make change possible.

Program Structure

DBT is a three to four day per week program designed primarily for individuals in Stage One treatment.

The program encompasses a six week cycle that includes:

Behavioral rehearsal
Target-oriented case management
Skills training
Behavioral analysis
Telephone consultation
Medication management

Program Particulars
Intensive Outpatient Treatment (IOP)
- 8:45 AM to 12:00 noon
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Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday

Contact:
The Institute of Living
200 Retreat Avenue, Hartford, CT, United States ‎
+1 860-545-7000 ‎•

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