My Mission
Help develop your life worth living
I believe that seeking counseling when aspects of our lives become challenging is a courageous and important act of acknowledging and validating the dignity of self. I hope to partner with you to discover and support your life worth living.
About Me
Build a Life Worth Living
I came to understand how mental health affected my students’ ability to believe in themselves and their ability to read their potential. Through these experiences, I felt that I may be of use to assist people to find and reach their own potential in life. I became a therapist because I perceive this path to be my life worth living.
-Debi Dusseault, MS, LPC-MH, NCC, QMHP
Owner, Clinical Mental Health Therapist
Our Approach
The tools that CBT, DBT and RO DBT provide are proven to be effective and are evidence based therapies. They are holistic approaches that support the challenge of acceptance and change. As I believe that addressing the whole person is essential in therapy, I am a secular therapist that works with any form of spirituality, belief or lack of belief.
What We Offer
Shelterbelt Counseling LLC currently offers skills based Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) that is adherent to the Linehan model that treats under control disorders such as Borderline Personality Disorder.
We offer Radically Open Dialectical Therapy (RO-DBT) for clients with overcontrol disorders. These include depression, anxiety, mild autism spectrum disorders, eating disorders, OCD personality disorder and maladaptive perfectionism.
Trauma based approaches include DBT-Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD.
My Services
Anxiety
Depression
Mood Disorders
Borderline Personality
Self-Harming
Suicidal Ideation
Anger Management
Trauma
PTSD
Grief
Panic Disorders
Work Stress
Social Anxiety
Life Transitions
Self Esteem
Coping Skills
Mindfulness
Mild Autism (Aspergers)
Credentials
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Completed extensive training through the Beck Institute for:
- CBT-Essentials
- CBT-Anxiety
- CBT-Depression
- CBT-Complex Cases
Completed Trauma Focused CBT (TF-CBT) training.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
I have completed extensive training through Behavioral Tech and other Linehan adherent training sites for DBT. My trainers were:
- Randy Wolbert
- Dr. Alexander Chapman
- Dr. Ronda Oswalt Reitz
- Elizabeth Cohn Stuntz
- Dr. Sara Schmidt
- Dr. Melanie Harned
DBT Training:
- DBT Skills
- DBT Foundational
- DBT Intensive
- DBT-SUD for addiction behaviors
- DBT-Prolonged Exposure (DBT-PE) for trauma
- Coping with Cancer: DBT Skills to Balance Uncertainty with Hope
- Ethics of DBT Case Conceptualization
- DBT with Autistic Adults
Radically Open DBT (RO-DBT)
I have completed extensive training through Radically Open Ltd and am a RO DBT Practitioner level clinician. My trainers were:
- Dr Thomas Lynch
- Kristen Fritsinger
- Heidi Ison
RO-DBT Training:
- Radically Open DBT (RO DBT) Level 1
- Radically Open DBT (RO DBT) Level 2
- Radically Open DBT (RO DBT) Level 3 Practitioner
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Insurances Accepted
- Avera Health
- Avera Direct
- Sanford Health
- Sanford True Focused Network
- Sanford ND-PERS
- BCBS
- Aetna
- United Healthcare
- GEHA
- Cigna
- Medicaid
If you would like to become a client and your insurance is not listed, please contact me.
Fees
- Sliding Scale Fees: $75 – $120/hr
- Group Sliding Scale Fees: $25 – $50/session
Upon request, a Good Faith Estimate of services may be provided in accordance with the No Surprises Act if you are requesting self-pay arrangements for services.
