Interpersonal and Social Dynamics: Teens
September 20th - November 15, 2023: This nine week group is offered to teens (9th - 12th) looking to develop and grow their interpersonal skills alongside of managing social constructs. In addition, this group will also focus on skills to ...
Hosted by Heather Ann Harper
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSW, BSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
September 20th - November 15, 2023: This nine week group is offered to teens (9th - 12th) looking to develop and grow their interpersonal skills alongside of managing social constructs. In addition, this group will also focus on skills to ...
DBT Skills Group
Do you blow up easily at the people who love you most? Trouble maintaining friendships? Do you have strong emotions that lead to impulsive behaviors? Do you find yourself in unhealthy romantic relationships? If you are nodding yes to these ...
Hosted by Carmen J Riley
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC, ACS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
Do you blow up easily at the people who love you most? Trouble maintaining friendships? Do you have strong emotions that lead to impulsive behaviors? Do you find yourself in unhealthy romantic relationships? If you are nodding yes to these ...
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy - Adults
DBT teaches people who have a difficult time controlling emotional reactions to interact with others and their environment in a healthier way. It also gives participants wonderful skills for handling stress and other symptoms that are a result of a ...
DBT teaches people who have a difficult time controlling emotional reactions to interact with others and their environment in a healthier way. It also gives participants wonderful skills for handling stress and other symptoms that are a result of a ...
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Interpersonal and Social Dynamics: Teens
September 20th - November 15, 2023: This nine week group is offered to teens (9th - 12th) looking to develop and grow their interpersonal skills alongside of managing social constructs. In addition, this group will also focus on skills to ...
Hosted by Heather Ann Harper
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSW, BSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
September 20th - November 15, 2023: This nine week group is offered to teens (9th - 12th) looking to develop and grow their interpersonal skills alongside of managing social constructs. In addition, this group will also focus on skills to ...
DBT Skills Group
Do you blow up easily at the people who love you most? Trouble maintaining friendships? Do you have strong emotions that lead to impulsive behaviors? Do you find yourself in unhealthy romantic relationships? If you are nodding yes to these ...
Hosted by Carmen J Riley
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC, ACS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
Do you blow up easily at the people who love you most? Trouble maintaining friendships? Do you have strong emotions that lead to impulsive behaviors? Do you find yourself in unhealthy romantic relationships? If you are nodding yes to these ...
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy - Adults
DBT teaches people who have a difficult time controlling emotional reactions to interact with others and their environment in a healthier way. It also gives participants wonderful skills for handling stress and other symptoms that are a result of a ...
DBT teaches people who have a difficult time controlling emotional reactions to interact with others and their environment in a healthier way. It also gives participants wonderful skills for handling stress and other symptoms that are a result of a ...
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Dialectical Behavior (DBT) Support Groups
Who is DBT for?
Dialectical Behavior 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 behavior 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, behavior, 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 behavioral 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 behavior; nevertheless, individuals may require therapy for several years.