If you are working with another therapist for individual work and they have recommended DBT Skills group, you may continue working with that therapist. We’d be happy to coordinate with them as your DBT facilitator. You may also choose to work individually with Amy, Jojo, or Jennifer if that fits your needs.
Who Can Benefit from these Classes?
Anyone who struggles with the following:
Identifying/Labeling emotions
Regulating their emotions
Accepting difficult realities
Not having a clear sense of self
Has difficulty forming and keeping relationships
Engages in impulsive behaviors
Engages in suicidal thoughts/self-harming behavior
Has tendencies to avoid others and situations
Engages in unhelpful or ineffective behaviors
Engages in ineffective problem-solving
Mindfulness Class Objectives
Includes mindful meditation at the start of every class.
Learn how to be in and stay in the present moment. Stop ruminating about the past or fortune telling about the future.
Learn to increase awareness of your mind, body, and surroundings by utilizing OBSERVE & DESCRIBE skills.
Learn how to find your WISE MIND and keep EMOTION mind and REASONABLE mind in balance.
Learn to turn willful behavior into willing behavior.
Learn how to be intentional with your attention and to strengthen the ATTENTION muscle to increase focus.
Learn how to self-validate and to validate others.
Learn about dialectics - letting go of black and white or all or nothing thinking. Find the "middle path" with your thoughts and feelings. .
Includes workbook, review of skills from previous week through group discussion, & new skill development.
Enjoy the benefits of being in a small group environment.
Emotion Regulation Class Objectives
Includes mindful meditation at the start of every class.
Begin to learn mindfulness skills or strengthen your current mindfulness practice
Learn to experience emotions without judging or blocking them
Learn to identify obstacles to changing emotions
Learn to become less emotionally reactive
Learn how to experience more positive emotions
Learn how to take action even when your emotions are fighting you
Learn how to tolerate negative emotions
Includes workbook, review of skills from previous week through group discussion, & new skill development.
Interpersonal Effectiveness Class Objectives
Includes mindful meditation at the start of every class.
Learn how to be more skillful in asking others for help
Learn how to say “no” when needed
Learn how to get your opinions taken more seriously
Learn how to strengthen your current relationships & how to build new ones
Learn how to increase your self-respect & find more balance in your relationships
Includes workbook, review of skills from previous week through group discussion, & new skill development.
Distress Tolerance/Coping Skills Class Objectives
Includes mindful meditation at the start of every class.
Learn skills to help cope with immediate crisis situations/stressors without making things worse
Learn how to stop acting in Emotion Mind
Learn how to accept reality when you are unable to change it and it is not what you want it to be
Learn ways to manage intense emotions
Includes workbook, review of skills from previous week through group discussion, & new skill development.
Feedback from past DBT participants
"I feel like a different person since I began the first class. These classes helped me to have more peace in my life and has changed my life for the better."
"The classes have increased my awareness and taught me skills to handle difficult emotions and to choose responses that are more in line with the person I want to be."
"The classes have helped me to have more positive relationships with my family and friends."
"Amy is friendly, personable, funny. She has confidence and knowledge and cares about the people in her classes. She is willing to share her own personal journey and how the skills help her in real life situations."
The Mindfulness theme that runs throughout all of the classes has made me more aware of how much time I spend stuck in my thoughts as opposed to really living in the present."
"Amy is a fantastic facilitator. Her style of teaching, kindness, and ability to keep the group on task is invaluable."
"The classes allow us to go over real life issues and to support one another and to get support from other classmates."
"The classes teach key life skills that we all need."