Questions? Suffolk DBT Roslyn (516) 714-4707 | Babylon Suffolk DBT (631) 403-4719 | Mt. Sinai (631) 828-2264 | NYC (646) 939-5210
Questions? Suffolk DBT Roslyn (516) 714-4707 | Babylon Suffolk DBT (631) 403-4719 | Mt. Sinai (631) 828-2264 | NYC (646) 939-5210
Comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Stony Brook University
students, children, teens, adults, and families available just minutes from campus
at our Mt. Sinai office and through telehealth across New York State.
Located just minutes from Stony Brook University, Suffolk DBT provides comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy for college students, children, teens, adults, and families in the Stony Brook area.
Our nearby Mt. Sinai office offers convenient access to specialized, ongoing treatment close to campus, with telehealth also available throughout New York State.
For college students, the transition to university life can bring significant changes in stress, sleep, relationships, independence, and daily routines. Students struggling with anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, relationship difficulties, or other complex concerns may need more support than short-term university counseling can provide. Our clinicians are able to work consistently with students over time and provide structured treatment designed to help them build skills they can use both on and off campus.
Suffolk DBT provides full-model DBT, which may include individual therapy, weekly skills training, between-session phone coaching, and consultation among the treatment team. We are also in-network with Northwell Direct Tier 1, with eligible in-network services available through our nearby Mt. Sinai office.
DBT is a comprehensive treatment program designed to support meaningful change both inside and outside of therapy through structured individual therapy, DBT skills group, and phone coaching support.
Each week, you and your therapist use your diary card to guide treatment and focus on the goals most important to you creating a life that feels steadier, more fulfilling, and aligned with your values.
Tracking your emotions, urges, thoughts, helps uncover recurring patterns in how you respond to stress, internal distress, and difficult situations so therapy can target what is truly getting in the way.
DBT Skills Group at is more like a class than traditional group therapy. We begin with a brief mindfulness practice to help everyone slow down and focus.
Then we review homework ,how you practiced your skills during the week and introduce new ways to cope , to help you manage emotions, relationships, and stressful situations.
The focus isn’t on rehashing problems it’s on building solutions and learning practical ways to handle challenges more effectively.
Life’s most difficult moments don’t wait for your next session. Phone coaching gives you brief support to help you use your DBT skills in real time, when feelings are strong and it’s hardest to think clearly.
The goal is not therapy over the phone, it’s practical coaching with your DBT Therapist to help you get through difficult moments more effectively, make choices you feel proud of, and build confidence in your ability to handle challenges.
Depression can make it difficult to feel motivated, connected to others, or hopeful that things can change. Without changing the behaviors that keep depression going, such as withdrawing, staying in bed, or stopping meaningful activities, depression can become even harder to overcome. In DBT, we teach practical skills for knowing what to do with sadness, including Opposite Action, increasing activity, improving sleep, and gradually re-engaging with life. Between-session skills coaching can also help clients use these tools when they need them most and generalize DBT skills to everyday situations.
Anxiety therapy is not only about trying to make anxiety disappear. In DBT, clients learn to experience anxiety while using skills that help in the moment, rather than fighting against it or avoiding situations that bring it up. Often, the more we tell ourselves we should not feel anxious, the bigger anxiety becomes. Learning to notice, allow, and even welcome anxiety as part of the present experience can reduce its power over time. Our Stony Brook DBT therapists help clients build practical skills to tolerate anxiety, regulate emotions, and keep moving toward the life they want.
At Suffolk DBT, DBT therapy in Stony Brook is delivered by a full-model DBT team, not isolated services or skills-only care. Our clinicians are trained in comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy, which includes individual therapy, DBT skills groups, team consultation, and structured treatment planning. This full-model approach is supported by leading organizations such as Behavioral Tech, the training institute founded by DBT developer Dr. Marsha Linehan, and is considered the gold standard for treating emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, and chronic relationship difficulties.
If you are seeking evidence-based DBT therapy in Stony Brook, working with a full-model DBT team ensures consistency, accountability, and long-term change , not just symptom management.
Our clinicians are fully trained in DBT, providing expert guidance and support. Clients receive personalized therapy designed to strengthen coping skills, emotional awareness, and lasting growth in their daily lives.
We serve children, teens, adults, and families. Therapy is tailored to each individual’s emotional needs and life stage, ensuring meaningful support and progress for clients in Stony Brook.
We provide both in-person and online sessions. This flexibility allows clients to maintain consistent therapy, fit sessions into busy schedules, and receive ongoing support for emotional growth.
Suffolk DBT is an in-network Northwell Health Tier One provider, allowing eligible members in Stony Brook to access expert mental health care with minimal out-of-pocket costs.
Traditional individual therapy can be very helpful for many students. However, some students need more structure and support than a once-a-week therapy session provides. DBT may be especially helpful when emotional dysregulation, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, impulsive behaviors, intense anxiety, relationship difficulties, or repeated crises are interfering with college life. Comprehensive DBT combines individual therapy, weekly DBT skills training, between-session phone coaching, and a therapist consultation team so students can learn skills and practice using them in the situations where they are actually needed.
College can bring increased academic pressure, changing relationships, greater independence, sleep disruption, and new responsibilities. For students who already experience emotions intensely, these demands can become difficult to manage. DBT helps students notice patterns, regulate emotions, tolerate distress, communicate more effectively, and respond to problems in ways that support their longer-term goals rather than providing only short-term relief.
Yes. A student can be successful academically while experiencing significant anxiety, depression, perfectionism, loneliness, relationship problems, self-harm urges, or difficulty regulating emotions. DBT is not based on how someone appears from the outside. Treatment focuses on identifying the behaviors and emotional patterns that are interfering with the person’s ability to build the life, relationships, and independence they want.
One of the unique components of comprehensive DBT is between-session phone coaching. Students can learn how to contact their therapist for brief coaching when they are having difficulty figuring out which DBT skill to use. The goal is not to solve the problem for the student, but to help them learn to apply skills independently in real-life situations—whether the problem involves a roommate conflict, an overwhelming assignment, relationship stress, intense emotions, or an urge to engage in an ineffective behavior.
It can be frightening to know that someone you love is struggling emotionally, especially when they are away at college and you cannot always see what is happening day to day. Parents and other support people often want to help, but may feel unsure about what to say, when to step in, or how to respond when their student is overwhelmed.
At Suffolk DBT, we can include a family or support-system component in treatment when appropriate. With the student’s permission, parents or other important support people can learn many of the same DBT skills their student is learning, including validation, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and effective communication.
This can help families develop a shared language and respond in ways that support skill use rather than unintentionally escalating a difficult moment. In some cases, parents or support people may participate in their own family-focused sessions without the student present, allowing them to learn how to manage their own emotions, set effective limits, and better support their student while still encouraging independence.
For parents of a young adult living at or near Stony Brook University, having a structured way to remain supportive can provide an important bridge between caring deeply about your student and allowing them to build the skills they need to navigate college and adulthood.
