Skills Groups

WHAT ARE DBT SKILLS?

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills were developed to help clients with emotional dysregulation, depression, anxiety, and mood swings. DBT skills group teaches clients how to get extreme emotions and impulsive behaviors under control and how to live a more balanced life. Research has shown that the DBT group is the most effective part of DBT therapy to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety and mood swings. 

Teaching Modules:

Mindfulness

Emotion Regulation

Distress Tolerance

Interpersonal Effectiveness

Walking the Middle Path (for teens and parents)

In order to participate in Northwest DBT's Skills Groups, you must be actively participating in weekly individual DBT therapy with an individual provider. Several of our therapists are individual providers, and we can also provide you with referrals for other providers.

We are an association of independent therapists that work together to currently offer skills groups for both adults and teens. Read more below.

Adult Group

THREE OFFERINGS (Choose 1 only):

Mondays, 4:30pm-6:00pm

or

Tuesdays, 6:30pm-8:00pm

or

Wednesdays, 1:30-3:00pm

or

LGBTQIA+ Group with Stacey Nagle Tuesday 11:30am-1:00pm

This is a 24 week curriculum with four modules that last six weeks each. Clients must make a commitment to participate in group weekly.

The modules are:

• Mindfulness,

• Emotion Regulation,

• Interpersonal Effectiveness, and

• Distress Tolerance.

Cost: $75 per client per group, billed weekly

Teen/Multi-family Group

TWO OFFERINGS (Choose 1 only):

Wednesdays, 4:30-6:00pm

or

Thursdays, 5:30-7:00pm

This group targets the unique needs and experiences of teens as they navigate middle and high school and struggle with anxiety, depression, and at times risky or dangerous behavior. It is also a 24 week curriculum. Teens learn the main four modules. Then, our teen group becomes a multifamily group when we cover one additional module called Walking the Middle Path, which focuses on teens and how to parent them. Parents are required to attend group once a month and during the Walking Middle Path module in order to learn the skills as a family.

Cost: $75 per teen, $75 per parent or parents (up to two family members); billed weekly