DBT Groups for Adults

Would you like to manage your emotions better, improve your relationships, and enhance your overall well-being?

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, is a skills-based therapy that can help you relate and respond to emotions and situations more effectively.

DBT is comprised of four modules, which I will introduce in weekly group sessions. Each session will add new helpful skills from the current module and build on the previous skills.

I’m passionate about helping my clients understand the “why” behind their emotions and behaviors and equipping them with healthy coping strategies and skills so they can embrace a life filled with purpose and fulfillment.

All in a safe and non-judgmental environment where you can freely explore the underlying factors contributing to your struggles and work collaboratively to develop effective coping strategies.

DBT Modules

While mindfulness and distress tolerance skills help you work toward acceptance of your thoughts and behavior, emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness skills help you work toward changing your thoughts and behaviors. You will learn concrete skills that you can apply outside of the group to create lasting change in your life.

Mindfulness

It’s critical to develop awareness and acceptance regarding what is happening in the present moment. Mindfulness will help you to be aware of, and accept, your thoughts and feelings without any judgment. These are known as the “What” skills of mindfulness. The “How” skills of mindfulness will show you how to balance these emotions and thoughts with things you know to be true. Using mindfulness skills on a regular basis will help you accept your thoughts and feelings for what they are without allowing them to completely control your reactions and responses.

Distress Tolerance

Distress Tolerance skills teach you how to move through painful circumstances that are beyond your control without making things worse. Anxiety often revolves around situations that you cannot change or fix, and so distress tolerance skills help you navigate these anxiety-provoking situations effectively and efficiently.

Emotion Regulation

At times it may feel like your emotions control you. This is when emotion regulation skills are useful because they teach you how to recognize emotions, increase positive emotions, become more mindful of your emotions, avoid giving in to emotional urges, and solve problems in helpful ways.

Interpersonal Effectiveness

These skills help you to strengthen and repair healthy relationships, navigate social situations with greater ease, and find and build new relationships. You’ll learn to be skillful in getting what you need and want from others, as well as learning to say no to unwanted requests. These skills are essential if you are experiencing Social Anxiety.