DBT therapy, customized training, clinical supervision, and practical resources with Leslie Gil, LMHC.
Miami, Florida
Explore the collectiveThe goal isn’t to feel less. It’s to have more choice in what you do next.
Big feelings don’t always show up in
the same way.
Sometimes they look like reacting quickly, saying or doing things you regret, or watching conflict escalate before you can slow it down. Other times, almost none of it is visible. You hold it together, replay conversations for hours, question your own reactions, and wonder why it takes so long to feel settled.
You may already understand your patterns. You may have been in therapy before and have a pretty good idea of why you react the way you do. What’s often still missing is knowing what to do differently when the emotions are actually happening.
Mindfulness
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Interpersonal Effectiveness
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Emotion Regulation
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Distress Tolerance
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Mindfulness • Interpersonal Effectiveness • Emotion Regulation • Distress Tolerance •
How I can help
I work with teens and adults navigating intense emotions, anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, impulsivity, high-risk behaviors, Borderline Personality Disorder, and relationship challenges. I also work with couples looking to communicate more effectively and navigate conflict differently, as well as parents who need support while their teen is struggling.
You don't need to know what kind of therapy you need before you reach out. That's part of what we'll figure out together. And if we discover that I am not the right fit, I'll help you find the provider or treatment that is.
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For adults and teenagers, this is the full treatment, the way it was designed: a six-month commitment including weekly individual sessions with me, a weekly 90-minute skills group, coaching calls between sessions, and a consultation team of DBT therapists behind me. Teenagers who participate in a DBT program require that at least one parent participates in the parent skills training group. If your current therapist or another provider “referred you to DBT,” this is likely what they were talking about.
Curious about comprehensive? A complimentary 15-minute consult can be scheduled to learn more about comprehensive DBT and if it’s right for you.
Intake $315 · Individual $295 · Group $90
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For teens and adults, this is what you might think of as traditional individual therapy: a collaborative space to understand what’s keeping you stuck and create meaningful change. We’ll start by getting the full picture—your history, what’s happening now, and what you want to change. The work is warm, direct, and curious, shaped around your goals and what’s happening in your life.
50 minutes · $265 per session
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For couples who feel stuck in recurring conflict, disconnection, or patterns of misunderstanding. Drawing from DBT and the Gottman Method, we’ll work on improving communication, managing emotions during conflict, navigating difficult conversations, and repairing after things go sideways, so you can respond to each other more effectively and feel more connected even when you disagree.
50 minutes · $265
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For parents navigating challenging behaviors, intense emotions, and difficult family dynamics with their teen. We’ll use practical, DBT-informed strategies to help you communicate more effectively, set clear limits, validate what your teen is feeling, and respond more intentionally in hard moments, so you can strengthen your relationship and create lasting change.
50 minutes · $265
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DBT-Prolonged Exposure (PE) offers a structured and supportive space to work through trauma when you’re ready to take that next step. These 90-minute sessions combine DBT skills with evidence-based trauma treatment to help you process difficult experiences, reduce PTSD symptoms, and move forward with greater freedom and confidence.
90 minutes · Clinical assessment required
Training & Workshops
Want to learn DBT skills—or teach them to the people you support?
Engaging, practical trainings bring DBT skills beyond the therapy room and into real-world settings. Workshops are tailored for schools, organizations, and mental health professionals, with a focus on practical strategies participants can understand, use, and apply right away.
Supervision
For LMHC & LMFT interns.
Support and guidance as you build your clinical skills, work through cases, and complete the supervised experience required for licensure.
Leslie Gil, LMHC
I’ve been practicing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) since 2013, when I became part of one of Miami’s original DBT teams, helping establish DBT treatment in the community at a time when the approach was still relatively new to the area.
Before founding The DBT Collective, I spent 15 years in group private practice, including six years as the Director of adherent adult and adolescent DBT programs and two years as Clinical Director. Along the way, I’ve trained therapists joining DBT teams and led DBT skills groups for adults, adolescents, and parents of teens in treatment, while working extensively with individuals, and families navigating complex emotional, behavioral, and relational challenges.
My clinical training extends beyond DBT. I’m trained in DBT-Prolonged Exposure (DBT-PE) for trauma and PTSD and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD, and I have completed Level 1 Training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy. These additional approaches complement my DBT foundation and allow me to tailor treatment to the person—or relationship—in front of me.
My style is warm, direct, and deeply curious. I joke that I ask a zillion questions because I want to understand everything, and I see therapy as a partnership rather than something done to you. The goal is to understand the pattern well enough to do something useful with it in real life.
I don’t just teach DBT—I use it. The skills show up in my own life, my relationships, and even in how I parent. That lived experience is part of what makes my approach practical: the skills work beyond the therapy room, where life actually happens.
From the Blog
You don’t need to have it all figured out to start.
You might know exactly what you’re looking for, or you might just know you could use some help with what comes next. Tell me what you know so far, and TOGETHER we'll figure out where to start.