What are the DBT Skills?
DBT Skills are an important part of the DBT program and consist of four modules:
What are the benefits of the DBT Skills?
Who can benefit from the DBT Skills?
Do I have to reveal any personal information or talk about myself during group sessions?
No, the DBT Skills group is simply a class to learn the DBT Skills and is not a process group. Group members can choose to share examples from their own lives. You get to choose what you are comfortable and not comfortable sharing during group discussions.
Do I have to participate in individual therapy in order to participate in a DBT Skills group?
No, you do not have to attend DBT individual sessions in order to participate in a DBT Skills group. However, attending individual therapy is recommended, as doing so provides an opportunity to learn how to better apply the skills in your daily life.
Do I have to attend all of the skills modules or can I choose which ones I want to attend?
You can choose which skills module(s) you would like to attend. For example, you may want to attend the Distress Tolerance and Emotion Regulation modules and not the Interpersonal Effectiveness Module. However, there is tremendous benefit from attending all of the modules.
Do you offer DBT Skills groups for adolescents and children?
Right now, groups are for individuals 18 and older only. However, the possibility exists this may change in the future.
Distress Tolerance | Emotion Regulation | Interpersonal Effectiveness |
-Mindfulness | -Mindfulness | -Mindfulness |
-Improve self-control | -Understand your emotions | -Ask for what you need and learn to say “no” |
-Ride the wave of difficult emotions | -Build healthy habits | -Reduce conflicts |
-Learn to accept things you cannot change | -Decrease suffering | -Build healthy relationships |
Begins: February 2024 | Begins: April 2024 | Begins: June 2024 |
Duration: 8 weeks | Duration: 9 weeks | Duration: 7 weeks |
Days/times: Tuesdays 8-9:50am | Days/times: Tuesdays 8-9:50am | Days/times: Tuesdays 8-9:50am |
Thursdays 6-7:50pm | Thursdays 6-7:50pm | Thursdays 6-7:50pm |
Cost: $85 per session | Cost: $85 per session | Cost: $85 per session |
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