DBT GROUP THERAPY

SKILLS TRAINING

Problematic behaviors evolve as a way to cope with a situation or attempt to solve a problem. While these behaviors might provide temporary relief, they often are not effective in the long-term. DBT assumes that clients are doing the best they can, AND they need to learn new behaviors in all relevant contexts.

The function of DBT Skills is to help enhance a client’s capabilities. There are four skills taught in DBT:

• Mindfulness: the practice of being fully aware and present in this one moment

• Distress Tolerance: how to tolerate pain in difficult situations, not change it

• Interpersonal Effectiveness: how to ask for what you want and say “no” while maintaining self-respect and relationships with others

• Emotion Regulation: how to change emotions that you want to change (Behavioral Tech)

Distress Tolerance
A 9-week group focused on teaching group members to skillfully tolerate distress. The group focuses on skills that teach acceptance of what we cannot change, and emotional pain that we experience daily.

Interpersonal Effectiveness
A 10-week group focused on teaching participants to skillfully reach their objectives, while maintaining the relationship, and keeping self-respect intact.

Emotion Regulation
A 12-week group focused on changing intensity of emotions or getting rid of unwanted emotions. Group members will be able identify emotions, emotion urges, reducing vulnerability to emotional mind, and much more.