DBT Skills Groups

Teen DBT Skills Group

• Teaches concrete, evidence-based skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy adapted for adolescents.

• Goals: reduce self-harm and suicidal behavior, improve emotion regulation, decrease impulsive and risky behaviors, strengthen interpersonal effectiveness, and increase distress tolerance and mindfulness.

Parent Skills Group

Multifamily DBT groups, based on Rathus and Miller’s work, bring together several families to learn and practice Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills in a structured, supportive setting. These groups focus on improving communication, setting and maintaining healthy boundaries, reducing emotional reactivity, and increasing problem-solving and validation across family members. Clinicians teach core DBT modules—mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness—while families apply skills to real-life relationship patterns and receive coaching in-session. The format fosters shared learning, normalizes struggles, and builds a network of support that can enhance treatment gains for individuals with emotion dysregulation and co-occurring conditions.

DBT Adult Skills Group

To Be Announced