DBT Skills for Teens
Our DBT skills group teaches healthy coping skills to people struggling with emotions, relationships and/or impulsivity. The four cornerstones of the DBT program include mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Join us and learn how to build the ...
Hosted by Melissa Stern
Psychologist, MA, PhD, OPQ
Verified Verified
Group meets in Pointe-Claire, QC H9R
Our DBT skills group teaches healthy coping skills to people struggling with emotions, relationships and/or impulsivity. The four cornerstones of the DBT program include mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Join us and learn how to build the ...
DBT Skills for Young Adults
Our DBT skills group teaches healthy coping skills to people struggling with emotions, relationships and/or impulsivity. The four cornerstones of the DBT program include mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Join us and learn how to build the ...
Hosted by Melissa Stern
Psychologist, MA, PhD, OPQ
Verified Verified
Group meets in Pointe-Claire, QC H9R
Our DBT skills group teaches healthy coping skills to people struggling with emotions, relationships and/or impulsivity. The four cornerstones of the DBT program include mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Join us and learn how to build the ...
Manage your Emotions (DBT) Group Therapy
Starts April 20th 2022 ( 4 weekly sessions) ALL AGES. IN PERSON. TIRED OF HAVING YOUR EMOTIONS RUN YOU? This group is designed for youth and adults who become overwhelmed by their emotions (e.g. distress, sadness, anger), and who may ...
Hosted by RISE Anxiety & Depression Clinic
MA, CCC, MSW, BSW, RSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Roxboro, QC H8Y
Starts April 20th 2022 ( 4 weekly sessions) ALL AGES. IN PERSON. TIRED OF HAVING YOUR EMOTIONS RUN YOU? This group is designed for youth and adults who become overwhelmed by their emotions (e.g. distress, sadness, anger), and who may ...
DBT Skills for Parents
Our DBT skills support group is for parents of teens or young adults struggling with emotions, relationships and/or impulsivity. The four cornerstones of the DBT program include mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Join us and learn how ...
Hosted by Melissa Stern
Psychologist, MA, PhD, OPQ
Verified Verified
Group meets in Pointe-Claire, QC H9R
Our DBT skills support group is for parents of teens or young adults struggling with emotions, relationships and/or impulsivity. The four cornerstones of the DBT program include mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Join us and learn how ...
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Dialectical Behavior (DBT) Support Groups
Who is DBT for?
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is designed for people who experience extreme emotional suffering because they lack the skills of emotion regulation and distress tolerance. The basic affliction can underlie a wide range of conditions, from borderline and other personality disorders to PTSD and treatment-resistant anxiety and depression. The therapy is helpful to those whose emotional reactivity is so intense it is disruptive to everyday functioning and leads to frequent crises.
Why do people need DBT?
The ability to regulate emotions is a core psychological skill that enables people to function in life and pay attention to the world outside themselves; it is consistently associated with well-being. DBT is designed to help people learn how to manage and regulate their emotions. Originally developed to treat people with borderline personality disorder whose extreme emotional suffering led to self-harming behaviour and suicide attempts, the therapy is now applied to other conditions involving emotion dysregulation, particularly when other treatments have failed.
What happens in DBT?
Individuals meet weekly with their therapist to discuss their experiences relating to moods, behaviour, and skills. Using checklists they maintain, they review emotional experiences and positive practices they engage in. The diaries help individuals discern what led up to a specific problem encountered, this is followed by discussion of the consequences of their actions. In addition, individuals may meet in class-like small groups to learn skills such as mindfulness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
How long does DBT last?
Because it is intended to establish long-lasting behavioural change among those with persistent problems, DBT is designed to last six months to a year. DBT includes both weekly sessions of individual therapy and weekly skills-training sessions conducted in small groups. Studies of DBT have documented improvement within a year of treatment, particularly in controlling self-harmful behaviour; nevertheless, individuals may require therapy for several years.