DBT skills class for teens (virtual)
MindBody7 is pleased to offer teens the opportunity to learn practical skills to manage stress and cope with distress.
Day/Time: Tuesdays 6.30 - 7.30pm
Dates: October 11th - November 15th, 2022
Co-leaders: Beth Wecksell, PsyD (she/her) and Amanda Borson, 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.
5 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:
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Module |
Week |
Class |
Skills |
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Distress Tolerance |
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*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. |
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4 wks |
Distress Tolerance |
Skills in self-regulation, distracting, self-soothing, improving the moment and radical acceptance |
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Emotion Regulation |
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*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. |
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4 wks |
Emotion Regulation |
Understanding emotions, problem solving, learning to manage and regulate emotions |
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Interpersonal Effectiveness |
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*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. |
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4 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?
Participating individuals committed to weekly attendance and practice of skills for the 5 classes of a module.
Cost for each 60-minute class: $125 per week for every week of the module
Purchased paperback copy of "DBT Skills Manual for Adolescents 1st Edition". Books for purchase found here:
Completion of registration form:
Please reach out to info@mindbody7.com if you have any questions .