Distress Tolerance Skills Training

Develop coping strategies to deal with difficult situations and pain.

Adult Group
Virtual via ZOOM
Thursdays | 7:00-8:30pm
August 15th – October 3rd
8 Weeks
$75.00/Session**

*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.