This is a virtual group for your convenience! It is a live, interactive 90-minute session. You will need a stable Internet connection, and asked to keep your camera on. As far as possible please use a device other than your phone, as a tiny screen does not help with focus and comfort! It is also difficult to stabilize your image when you are holding your phone in your hand.
We meet every Wednesday, starting 6.5.2024, and the meeting is 90 minutes. You may attend the group for as long as you want, but it is recommended to make a 12-session commitment as far as possible.
You pay $60 per skills training session, and you may cancel or withdraw from the group at any time. You will be asked to sign up with a credit card on file that will be charged after each session. If you are not my individual therapy client, you will need to do one intake-session at $125 before starting the group. You will also be asked to buy the training manual (currently available on Amazon: https://a.co/d/4yL4DiJ)
A DBT Skills Group is one component of comprehensive or standard DBT. In this skills group, you will receive the training as intended by Dr Marsha Linehan, the creator of DBT. We use the official DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets manual. A typical DBT skills group covers four modules over time: mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness and emotion regulation. It is a mixture of cognitive-behavioral therapy and Zen Buddhism mindfulness principles (but with no religious content.) This is a psychoeducation group, so the emphasis is on learning skills, and is not a substitute for individual therapy. The group will have weekly homework and you will keep a daily Diary Card on your phone to track your skills practice.
People who struggle with emotion regulation and suicide need support. A skills group cannot offer you that kind of support. It is therefore a safety requirement of this group that you have an individual therapist. I will make contact with your therapist to ensure that they monitor your risk factors. You may also join my practice as an individual therapy client if you do not already have an individual therapist. As a DBT client in this skills group, you will have access to phone coaching with me in between skills groups.
I specialize in the treatment of people who struggle with emotions, identity and trauma. Most of my clients have either BPD, CPTSD or DID. I am basic trained (Foundations, 2020) in DBT with Behavioral Tech, and currently in their 18-month advanced training (Intensive Plus, 2023). I am on my path to earn DBT certification. I am part of two DBT consultation teams (a requirement of comprehensive DBT), which means I meet with other DBT therapists twice every week to get support with skills training and case consultation. I practice DBT under the guidance of DBT expert and psychologist, Dr Lisa Galper from Scottsdale, Arizona.
Marsha Linehan (1993)
weekly online meetings that can
help you manage your emotions,
expand your capacity to tolerate stress,
get your needs met effectively in relationships,
and center you in calm inner presence.
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