I am pleased to announce that I will be resuming in person DBT SKILLS TRAINING groups in JANUARY 2022. This group is based upon the 24 week Skills Training Workbook developed by Marsha Linehan. Learn skills to regulate emotions, improve relationships, tolerate stressful situations, reduce suicidal and self-harming behaviors and increase happiness and joy. To get on the waiting list please call 805-391-4182 or email drcindymitchell@gmail.com.
I am pleased to announce that I will be resuming in person DBT SKILLS TRAINING groups in JANUARY 2022. This group is based upon the 24 week Skills Training Workbook developed by Marsha Linehan. Learn skills to regulate emotions, improve relationships, tolerate stressful situations, reduce suicidal and self-harming behaviors and increase happiness and joy. To get on the waiting list please call 805-391-4182 or email drcindymitchell@gmail.com.
I am pleased to announce the Nature Therapy Group will resume in person beginning January 2022. This group was developed to get you out and help you experience the healing powers that nature has to offer. Learn how to incorporate nature into your mindfulness practice and learn to utilize the power of nature to calm your nervous system when activated. To get on the waiting list for this group please call 805-391-4182 or email drcindymitchell@gmail.com
I am pleased to announce the Nature Therapy Group will resume in person beginning January 2022. This group was developed to get you out and help you experience the healing powers that nature has to offer. Learn how to incorporate nature into your mindfulness practice and learn to utilize the power of nature to calm your nervous system when activated. To get on the waiting list for this group please call 805-391-4182 or email drcindymitchell@gmail.com
More Groups Nearby
Pacific Psychiatry is an outpatient psychiatry clinic in San Luis Obispo, providing expert mental health assessment and ongoing treatment. It is the mission of Pacific Psychiatry, Inc. (PAC), to provide the absolute highest level of care to patients in a warm, friendly and supportive environment. We are committed to the prevention as well as treatment of psychiatric illness, always seeking to incorporate healthy lifestyle changes in support of the optimal outcome for patients.
Pacific Psychiatry is an outpatient psychiatry clinic in San Luis Obispo, providing expert mental health assessment and ongoing treatment. It is the mission of Pacific Psychiatry, Inc. (PAC), to provide the absolute highest level of care to patients in a warm, friendly and supportive environment. We are committed to the prevention as well as treatment of psychiatric illness, always seeking to incorporate healthy lifestyle changes in support of the optimal outcome for patients.
Online Groups
DBT Skills Group teaches: Mindfulness: being present in the moment instead of focusing on things the past or the future. Emotion Regulation: how to manage your emotions and help you feel in control of your emotions. Interpersonal Effectiveness: how to interact with people and manage conflict while getting your needs met and maintaining both the relationship and your self-respect. Distress Tolerance: how to get through stressful situations without engaging in behaviors that negatively impact you in the long-term.
DBT Skills Group teaches: Mindfulness: being present in the moment instead of focusing on things the past or the future. Emotion Regulation: how to manage your emotions and help you feel in control of your emotions. Interpersonal Effectiveness: how to interact with people and manage conflict while getting your needs met and maintaining both the relationship and your self-respect. Distress Tolerance: how to get through stressful situations without engaging in behaviors that negatively impact you in the long-term.
This group is meant for people who want to improve their emotion regulation, distress tolerance and social interaction skills, increase mindfulness and a sense of agency over their lives. The group accepts new members every first Monday of the month.
This group is meant for people who want to improve their emotion regulation, distress tolerance and social interaction skills, increase mindfulness and a sense of agency over their lives. The group accepts new members every first Monday of the month.
DBT Group allows for an increase in emotional well-being, develop effective coping strategies, and improve interpersonal relationships by learning skills in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance, and Interpersonal Effectiveness skills are taught. Group is currently held via telehealth. For more information and for orientation times, please contact us for more info.
DBT Group allows for an increase in emotional well-being, develop effective coping strategies, and improve interpersonal relationships by learning skills in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance, and Interpersonal Effectiveness skills are taught. Group is currently held via telehealth. For more information and for orientation times, please contact us for more info.
DBT Skills Group teaches: Mindfulness: being present in the moment instead of focusing on things the past or the future. Emotion Regulation: how to manage your emotions and help you feel in control of your emotions. Interpersonal Effectiveness: how to interact with people and manage conflict while getting your needs met and maintaining both the relationship and your self-respect. Distress Tolerance: how to get through stressful situations without engaging in behaviors that negatively impact you in the long-term.
DBT Skills Group teaches: Mindfulness: being present in the moment instead of focusing on things the past or the future. Emotion Regulation: how to manage your emotions and help you feel in control of your emotions. Interpersonal Effectiveness: how to interact with people and manage conflict while getting your needs met and maintaining both the relationship and your self-respect. Distress Tolerance: how to get through stressful situations without engaging in behaviors that negatively impact you in the long-term.
Feeling overwhelmed by intense emotions, relationship conflict, anxiety, or stress? This DBT Skills Training Group teaches practical, evidence-based tools to help you manage emotions, navigate difficult situations, and improve relationships with greater confidence. Participants learn skills in four core areas: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. These skills can help reduce emotional reactivity, strengthen communication, improve coping during crises, and build a life that feels more balanced and meaningful. DBT has been shown to be effective for anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use, eating disorders, and chronic emotion dysregulation. No prior DBT experience is required.
Hosted by Danah A. Williams
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Group meets in Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Feeling overwhelmed by intense emotions, relationship conflict, anxiety, or stress? This DBT Skills Training Group teaches practical, evidence-based tools to help you manage emotions, navigate difficult situations, and improve relationships with greater confidence. Participants learn skills in four core areas: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. These skills can help reduce emotional reactivity, strengthen communication, improve coping during crises, and build a life that feels more balanced and meaningful. DBT has been shown to be effective for anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use, eating disorders, and chronic emotion dysregulation. No prior DBT experience is required.
See more therapy options for Atascadero
Borderline Personality (BPD) Support Groups
What is the most successful approach to treating borderline personality disorder?
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is considered the gold standard of treatment for borderline personality disorder. An evidence-based treatment, it addresses the extreme emotional reactivity, the relationship difficulties, and the acts of self-harm that create so much distress for BPD patients. DBT is a comprehensive program that includes both regular individual psychotherapy sessions and weekly group sessions of skills training.
What happens in treatment of borderline personality disorder?
Treatment typically consists of weekly individual therapy sessions that last an hour and group skill-focused instructional sessions that may last up to two hours. Patients are typically given homework “assignments” in which they are asked to practice in their daily life the skills they acquire in therapy. Patients also keep a diary tracking their emotions and impulses as a way to know which situations are most problematic and to help them gain control over their own behavior. Difficult situations and feelings are typically reviewed in therapy sessions and more constructive solutions found.
What kinds of problems does BPD treatment help with?
DBT was initially developed to dampen the self-destructive impulses of chronically suicidal patients. It is now the treatment of choice for borderline personality disorder, a serious condition marked by extreme emotional reactivity, relationship instability, and self-injurious behaviors. Treatment of BPD helps patients tolerate the flux of emotions without acting on them, often with a specific focus on tolerating negative emotions. DBT addresses the core problems of BPD—fear of abandonment, low self-esteem, and impulsivity.
What is the goal of treatment in borderline personality disorder?
The goal of treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD) is to relieve the extreme emotional distress that patients experience—to curb their emotional reactivity, to minimize their inclination to self-harm, and to reduce their impulsivity. Toward these ends, patients are not only taught an array of new coping skills and techniques for emotional regulation, they are given opportunities to practice them. Another major goal of treatment is interpersonal effectiveness; patients learn and problem-solve ways to effectively communicate in relationships, especially how to ask for what they need as a way to minimize hurt feelings.