Distress Tolerance Skills Training
Develop coping strategies to deal with difficult situations and pain.
Adolescent Family Group*
2750 Old Alabama Rd. | Johns Creek
Wednesdays | 7:00-8:30pm
August 14th – October 2nd
8 Weeks
$112.50/Session**
*This group is designed for high school students and their parent(s)/guardian(s) to attend together.
**Client assistance funds available for qualifying families.
Problematic behaviors evolve to cope with a situation or attempt to solve a problem. While these behaviors might provide temporary relief, they often are not effective in the long-term. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) assumes that you are doing the best you can, AND you would benefit from learning new behaviors in all relevant contexts.
DBT skills groups meet once a week for 90 minutes and are led by trained therapists. Participants learn new behaviors and skills through a series of lessons and apply them to their lives. The function of DBT Skills is to help enhance your capabilities. There are four skills taught in DBT:
- Mindfulness: the practice of being fully aware and present in this one moment. This skill forms the foundation of DBT and is interwoven throughout each of the following skills group modules.
- Distress Tolerance: Develop coping strategies to deal with difficult situations and pain.
- Interpersonal Effectiveness: Learn to manage relationships, ask for what you want, say no, and handle conflict.
- Emotion Regulation: Manage and change unproductive emotions, adjusting their intensity.
