Body Image Support Group
This group offers an intentional space where everyone can show up as themselves without shame or fear of judgment. It is for anyone struggling with their body image and or an eating disorder, anyone continuing their eating disorder recovery or ...
Hosted by Sharelle Langaigne
Art Therapist, MPS, LGPAT, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Kensington, MD 20895
This group offers an intentional space where everyone can show up as themselves without shame or fear of judgment. It is for anyone struggling with their body image and or an eating disorder, anyone continuing their eating disorder recovery or ...
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Body Image Support Group
This group offers an intentional space where everyone can show up as themselves without shame or fear of judgment. It is for anyone struggling with their body image and or an eating disorder, anyone continuing their eating disorder recovery or ...
Hosted by Sharelle Langaigne
Art Therapist, MPS, LGPAT, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Kensington, MD 20895
This group offers an intentional space where everyone can show up as themselves without shame or fear of judgment. It is for anyone struggling with their body image and or an eating disorder, anyone continuing their eating disorder recovery or ...
Adult DBT Skills Group
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills training is a weekly group, run like a class, that teaches skills across four main topics: mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance skills. Clients are given homework assignments in which they practice the ...
Hosted by Beth Haytmanek
Counselor, LCPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Bethesda, MD 20814
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills training is a weekly group, run like a class, that teaches skills across four main topics: mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance skills. Clients are given homework assignments in which they practice the ...
DBT Informed Skills Group for Adults
Our DBT-informed skills training group for adults aims to reduce the future need for higher levels of treatment by teaching the skills from the four main modules of DBT. Those struggling with behavioral issues, emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, or relational issues ...
Hosted by Partnership Development Group: DBT Skills Program
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Rockville, MD 20855
Our DBT-informed skills training group for adults aims to reduce the future need for higher levels of treatment by teaching the skills from the four main modules of DBT. Those struggling with behavioral issues, emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, or relational issues ...
Skills and Support for Parents of Teens
A virtual group for parents to build effective skills and improve connection with their teen. In this 6 week series you will learn and practice the following: Week 1: Introduction and the Teenage Brain - What changes to expect and ...
Hosted by Laura Helbling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C
Verified Verified
Group meets in Rockville, MD 20850
A virtual group for parents to build effective skills and improve connection with their teen. In this 6 week series you will learn and practice the following: Week 1: Introduction and the Teenage Brain - What changes to expect and ...
DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) - Age 21+
Private insurance accepted. DBT is a type of talk therapy specially adapted for people who experience intense emotional reactions. DBT focuses on helping people accept the reality of their situation, reframe their perception, regulate their reaction, and change their lives. ...
Hosted by Amber Berkhart
Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Private insurance accepted. DBT is a type of talk therapy specially adapted for people who experience intense emotional reactions. DBT focuses on helping people accept the reality of their situation, reframe their perception, regulate their reaction, and change their lives. ...
DBT Skills Group for Adolescents
Weekly group that teaches DBT skills to teens (average age 12-15). Can be comprehensive DBT and can be strictly skills based depending on need of group member. Group is supportive, structured, and skills-based with space for processing.
Hosted by Emily L Rizzo
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Bethesda, MD 20814
Weekly group that teaches DBT skills to teens (average age 12-15). Can be comprehensive DBT and can be strictly skills based depending on need of group member. Group is supportive, structured, and skills-based with space for processing.
DBT Skills Group for Adolescents
Weekly group that teaches DBT skills to teens (average age 15-18). Can be comprehensive DBT and can be strictly skills based depending on need of group member. Group is supportive, structured, and skills-based with space for processing.
Hosted by Emily L Rizzo
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Bethesda, MD 20814
Weekly group that teaches DBT skills to teens (average age 15-18). Can be comprehensive DBT and can be strictly skills based depending on need of group member. Group is supportive, structured, and skills-based with space for processing.
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Self-Harming Support Groups
How does therapy for self-harm work?
A person may turn to self-injury so that they can distract themselves from their stress, depression, anxiety, or upsetting circumstances. Therapy can address the cause of an individual’s suffering. A therapist can help a person understand why they may want to self-harm and help the person learn new methods of coping. A person may have poor emotion regulation, and treatment such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is helpful for breaking this behaviour. In addition, treatment such as dialectical behavior therapy can help a person manage their tolerance of distress.
Which therapies are best for self-harm?
Specific approaches used by professionals include cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavior, psychodynamic, and mentalisation-based therapies, among others. Cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior therapies are common approaches for people who have painful thoughts and past traumas. These therapies help an individual cope with distress, regulate emotions, and manage impulsive urges.
Does the tendency to self-harm mean the person is suicidal?
Having this urge does not mean the individual suffers from suicidal ideation. People who want to self-injure look to distract or alleviate themselves from the pain they are experiencing. People with suicidal tendencies want to end life altogether. However, this does not mean a person with the intent to self-harm will not attempt suicide.
How often and how long are therapy sessions for self-harm?
As with any type of therapy, sessions depend on the individual. Clients may see improvement within 20 sessions, at an average of 50 minutes per session, while others may opt for 20 to 30 sessions over, maybe, a six-month period. People, especially those with co-occurring conditions like depression and anxiety, may need to continue therapy for up to 12 to 18 months.