Hey, I’ve been suggested DBT from multiple people, including my therapist in my current program I’m in. And this program I’m currently in I actually graduate from tomorrow (yay!). I’ve learned only a couple skills of DBT in this program, mainly because this program is for a wide range of things. And the next, shorter and less intense, program I’m going to start next week also is like this. And they told me to go get onto a waiting list for a DBT program. But, the thing is, it’s like a 2 month wait, and I also know DBT programs can take a year long. And I have to be in state to have it be covered by my insurance and to even attend those programs. But… I want to go to an acting school outside of the state. And I’m not willing to wait a year to go, because that school is something I really want to go to and something I really feel like I’m ready to do. Can I just buy a DBT workbook and go through the skills myself? Or is going to a program something that’d be better and would be worth delaying my schooling and career over?
Otherwise, I’m very open to learning more about DBT and even CBT (I feel like both would be so helpful for me), I’m just wondering if I really need to go to a full program for it.