DBT skills classes for adults

mind body seven is pleased to offer interested adults the opportunity to learn practical skills to manage stress and cope with distress.

Module: Distress Tolerance

Day/Time: Wednesdays 10am - 11.30am

Dates: Oct 26th, 2022 - Dec 21st, 2022 (NO class on Nov 23rd)

Co-leaders: Kathleen Fentress Tripp, PMHNP (she/her) and Brooke Dumain, LCSW (she/her)

Where: virtual interactive classes on Zoom

The DBT Skill of Mindfulness develops the ability to observe individual thoughts and feelings to lessen stress, provide perspective and enable effective use of the other categories of DBT Skills.

Each 8 week module

★ includes Mindfulness practice plus one of three rotating categories:

➢ Distress Tolerance Skills augment coping and tolerance of distress to target habits of avoidance that are unhelpful.

➢ Emotion Regulation Skills focus on increasing positive emotions and changing automatic emotional reactions to more effective responses.

➢ Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills provide practical communication principles that decrease conﬂict and improve communication and mutual understanding.

All are encouraged to participate in each module

If you're not able to attend the next module, you can join that module category when it's offered again in the future.

Standard Module Schedule:

Module	Week	Class	Skills
Distress Tolerance
*New participants can join	1 & 2	Intro to Distress Tolerance and Mindfulness	Introduction to the Distress Tolerance Module. Goals & guidelines of skills training; Benefits of mindfulness and options/methods for practice.
	6 wks	Distress Tolerance	Skills in self-regulation, distracting, self-soothing, improving the moment and radical acceptance
Emotion Regulation
*New participants can join	1&2	Intro to Emotion Regulation and Mindfulness	Introduction to the Emotion Regulation Module. Goals & guidelines of skills training; Benefits of mindfulness and additional options/methods for practice.
	6wks	Emotion Regulation	Understanding emotions, problem solving, learning to manage and regulate emotions
Interpersonal Effectiveness
*New participants can join	1 & 2	Intro to Interpersonal Effectiveness and Mindfulness	Introduction to the Interpersonal Effectiveness Module. Goals & guidelines of skills training; Benefits of mindfulness, and additional options/methods for practice.
	6 wks	Interpersonal Effectiveness	Interpersonal skills and relationship skills. Includes building skills to consider dialectic perspective and validation; addressing balance between acceptance and change in family and other relationships. Understanding and applying ways to increase behaviors that align and support own goals and decrease behaviors that complicate and interfere with own goals

Includes building skills to consider dialectic perspective and validation; addressing balance between acceptance and change in family and other relationships.

Understanding and applying ways to increase behaviors that align and support own goals and decrease behaviors that complicate and interfere with own goals.

What is needed to participate?

1. Participating individuals committed to weekly attendance and practice of skills.

2. Cost for each weekly 90-minute class: $145 per class

3. Hard copy or PDF of the workbook for the course: DBT Skills Training: Handouts and Worksheets © 2015 by Marsha M. Linehan. It is currently listed on Amazon Prime for approximately $34. It is recommended to purchase the hard copy version of this book prior to the first class. However, if you join, the team leaders will also provide you with a digital version of this book at no cost.

4. Completion of registration form:

https://intakeq.com/c/SFw9iY/9F81GG

Please reach out to info@mindbody7.com if you have any questions .