Our DBT skills course emphasizes taking action and changing thoughts through using specific coping techniques and psychoeducation.
DBT is an effective treatment approach for helping people make positive and long-term behavior changes to create a life worth living.
This course is appropriate for ages 14 and up.
Skills group is similar to taking a class. We learn and practice skills from four modules:
Mindfulness
How to focus your mind and attention
Distress tolerance
Getting through a time of distress/crisis without doing anything to make the situation worse
Emotion regulation
Decreasing emotional sensitivity/intensity, preventing unwanted emotions from starting, and stopping or reducing unwanted emotions once they start
Interpersonal effectiveness
Initiating/maintaining/repairing relationships, effectively making requests, setting boundaries and increasing/maintaining self-respect
What You'll Get
About The Clinician
Keiko has 12 years of clinical experience working with ages 4 and up. She focuses on empowering clients by challenging patterns and assisting in their creation of self-developed coping strategies. Her preferred approaches incorporate Eriksonian hypnotherapy, mindfulness, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Cognitive Therapy. Keiko is the Founder/CEO of Blossom, and you can often find her hosting workshops, groups, and free events, and at all of our community events!
