DBT Skills Foundation Group 
The DBT Skills Group runs as a 12 session cycle, exploring the foundations of what is Dialectical Behavior Therapy, real life applications of the skills, and processing experiences that skills could be or would have been effective. Through the psychoeducational ...
Hosted by Christa Eastburn
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, CADC, C-DPT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chicago, IL 60640
The DBT Skills Group runs as a 12 session cycle, exploring the foundations of what is Dialectical Behavior Therapy, real life applications of the skills, and processing experiences that skills could be or would have been effective. Through the psychoeducational ...
TELEhealth: Social Skills for 5 to 10 year olds 
Strengthen your child's social engagement and skills with the support of a Child Development Specialist and licensed therapist! Your child will learn and practice how to share ideas and solve problems together with same-aged peers, an essential aspect of social-emotional ...
Hosted by Center for Psychology & Wellness
Treatment Center, PsyD, LCPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Northbrook, IL 60062
Strengthen your child's social engagement and skills with the support of a Child Development Specialist and licensed therapist! Your child will learn and practice how to share ideas and solve problems together with same-aged peers, an essential aspect of social-emotional ...
DBT Skills Mixed Gender Group 
Learn valuable basics & skills for real life application in this 10 session, mixed gender group facilitated by Mind Body Co-op's Christa Eastburn, DBT Coach & Courtney Thompson, LSW. This group is virtually held every Saturday from 10:00am - 11:15am. ...
Hosted by Courtney Thompson Lsw Psy.d. Candidate
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chicago, IL 60602
Learn valuable basics & skills for real life application in this 10 session, mixed gender group facilitated by Mind Body Co-op's Christa Eastburn, DBT Coach & Courtney Thompson, LSW. This group is virtually held every Saturday from 10:00am - 11:15am. ...
TELEhealth: Social Skills for 5 to 10 year olds 
Strengthen your child's social engagement and skills with the support of a Child Development Specialist and licensed therapist! Your child will learn and practice how to share ideas and solve problems together with same-aged peers, an essential aspect of social-emotional ...
Strengthen your child's social engagement and skills with the support of a Child Development Specialist and licensed therapist! Your child will learn and practice how to share ideas and solve problems together with same-aged peers, an essential aspect of social-emotional ...
DBT skills group 
DBT skills classes teach life skills in the areas of Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotional Regulation, and Walking the Middle Path. This is evidence-based treatment for those with Borderline Personality Disorder, self-harm, chronic suicidal ideation, eating disorders, substance abuse, ...
Hosted by Transformation Behavioral Health
Psychologist, PsyD, RN, DBT-LBC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Woodstock, IL 60098
DBT skills classes teach life skills in the areas of Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotional Regulation, and Walking the Middle Path. This is evidence-based treatment for those with Borderline Personality Disorder, self-harm, chronic suicidal ideation, eating disorders, substance abuse, ...
Better Communities Counseling 
Better Communities Counseling focuses on helping clients manage issues related to depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship conflict, compassion fatigue, anger, self-esteem, family conflict, and workplace stress. Our approach is inviting, client-centered, nonjudgemental, and relationship-based. We focus on helping clients identify goals ...
Hosted by Amanda Connor
Pre-Licensed Professional
Verified Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60301
Better Communities Counseling focuses on helping clients manage issues related to depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship conflict, compassion fatigue, anger, self-esteem, family conflict, and workplace stress. Our approach is inviting, client-centered, nonjudgemental, and relationship-based. We focus on helping clients identify goals ...
Online DBT Group- Starts April 22nd! 
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is an evidence-based treatment for persons struggling with emotion regulation issues (e.g., rapid mood changes, intense and debilitating emotions, etc.).The overarching goal of DBT is to obtain "a life worth living" by providing skills to manage emotions, ...
Hosted by Dana L. Hall
Counselor, MA, LCPC, DBT, TF-CBT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Downers Grove, IL 60515
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is an evidence-based treatment for persons struggling with emotion regulation issues (e.g., rapid mood changes, intense and debilitating emotions, etc.).The overarching goal of DBT is to obtain "a life worth living" by providing skills to manage emotions, ...
Float On 
Weekly focus on learning and practicing dialectical behavior therapy skills including distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness skills for adolescents. Please see the flier in my profile pictures for more information.
Hosted by Miranda Brennan
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Oswego, IL 60543
Weekly focus on learning and practicing dialectical behavior therapy skills including distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness skills for adolescents. Please see the flier in my profile pictures for more information.
Womens' Empowerment Group 
Offering a safe space to discuss stress, parenting, relationships, work, and any other concerns.
Hosted by MpowEr Counseling, PLLC
Counselor, MS, LCPC, CPAT, MAC, RYT 500
Verified Verified
Group meets in Danville, IL 61832
Offering a safe space to discuss stress, parenting, relationships, work, and any other concerns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Group 
This group meets once per week to learn skills in mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Hosted by Trilogy Behavioral Healthcare
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LCPC, LMFT, LPHA, MA
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chicago, IL 60649
This group meets once per week to learn skills in mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Breakfast Club 
Breakfast Club is a skill building group for high schoolers, ages 14 - 19. The skills taught in this group come from DBT and RO-DBT. This group is an ongoing, open group held at Owens Counseling's Collinsville location. Breakfast Club ...
Hosted by Lori Kaniewski
Licensed Professional Counselor, LCPC-IL, LPC- MO, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Collinsville, IL 62234
Breakfast Club is a skill building group for high schoolers, ages 14 - 19. The skills taught in this group come from DBT and RO-DBT. This group is an ongoing, open group held at Owens Counseling's Collinsville location. Breakfast Club ...
Friends, Family, and Loved Ones Workshop 
The Friends, Family, and Loved Ones Workshop is for individuals and families who are looking for more effective ways to support, guide, and validate loved ones struggling with Borderline Personality Disorder or problems with Emotional Dysregulation. Throughout the 2 day ...
Hosted by Chicago Behavior Therapy
Psychologist, PsyD, DBT-LBC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chicago, IL 60611
The Friends, Family, and Loved Ones Workshop is for individuals and families who are looking for more effective ways to support, guide, and validate loved ones struggling with Borderline Personality Disorder or problems with Emotional Dysregulation. Throughout the 2 day ...
Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy 
RO-DBT Skills group led by Dr. Abigail Brown and Chelsea Hudson, LCPC for those struggling with PERFECTIONISM, RIGIDITY, INFLEXIBILITY, DIFFICULTY CONNECTING WITH OTHERS & EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION. RODBT helps those with an overcontrolled personality increase flexibility, openness, social connectedness & emotional ...
RO-DBT Skills group led by Dr. Abigail Brown and Chelsea Hudson, LCPC for those struggling with PERFECTIONISM, RIGIDITY, INFLEXIBILITY, DIFFICULTY CONNECTING WITH OTHERS & EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION. RODBT helps those with an overcontrolled personality increase flexibility, openness, social connectedness & emotional ...
DBT Coping Skills for Pregnant Mothers 
Pregnancy is an amazing period in a woman's life! Perhaps because of this, it can also be extremely challenging. Join us in a group designed to teach you how to use Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) skills during this time. DBT ...
Hosted by Emmi Barnoski
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chicago, IL 60614
Pregnancy is an amazing period in a woman's life! Perhaps because of this, it can also be extremely challenging. Join us in a group designed to teach you how to use Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) skills during this time. DBT ...
Adult DBT class 
DBT skills class (group) teaches skills in Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Distress Tolerance, Emotional Regulation, and Walking the Middle Path. Classes are offered on Monday afternoon or Thursday evening in Woodstock and Thursday evening in Poplar Grove. The classes are a ...
DBT skills class (group) teaches skills in Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Distress Tolerance, Emotional Regulation, and Walking the Middle Path. Classes are offered on Monday afternoon or Thursday evening in Woodstock and Thursday evening in Poplar Grove. The classes are a ...
DBT Skills Training Group 
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) enhances skills and capabilities in four areas: Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. Please contact Janet to find out if the DBT group is a good fit for you.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) enhances skills and capabilities in four areas: Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. Please contact Janet to find out if the DBT group is a good fit for you.
DBT Skills Group for Adults and Teens 
Great Lakes Therapy Center currently has seven DBT Skills groups. The program is designed for clients who would like to develop healthy habits and enhance their psychological and emotional stability. It is designed to encourage healing and acceptance, build insight, ...
Hosted by Victoria Ann Kessinger
Counselor, MA, LCPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chicago, IL 60602
Great Lakes Therapy Center currently has seven DBT Skills groups. The program is designed for clients who would like to develop healthy habits and enhance their psychological and emotional stability. It is designed to encourage healing and acceptance, build insight, ...
DBT 
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) integrates cognitive-behavioral strategies with Eastern (Zen) practices, such as mindfulness and acceptance. Originally developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan, DBT has been shown to be especially helpful for teaching individuals techniques for soothing and calming the self, ...
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) integrates cognitive-behavioral strategies with Eastern (Zen) practices, such as mindfulness and acceptance. Originally developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan, DBT has been shown to be especially helpful for teaching individuals techniques for soothing and calming the self, ...
DBT Skills Group 
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a commonly recommended form of treatment for a variety of presenting problems, from mood disorders, anxiety, relationships struggles, to chronic stress. DBT Skills include: emotion regulation strategies, mindfulness practices, relationship and communication skills, problem-solving and ...
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a commonly recommended form of treatment for a variety of presenting problems, from mood disorders, anxiety, relationships struggles, to chronic stress. DBT Skills include: emotion regulation strategies, mindfulness practices, relationship and communication skills, problem-solving and ...
DBT Skills Group Therapy-13-17yo 
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is an evidence-based modality that uses a skill-building curriculum to encourage participants to manage their emotions by practicing mindfulness, distress tolerance, and emotional regulation, as well as the development of positive interpersonal relationships. It is a long-term ...
Hosted by BZA Behavioral Health-LITH Office
Counselor, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Lake In The Hills, IL 60156
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is an evidence-based modality that uses a skill-building curriculum to encourage participants to manage their emotions by practicing mindfulness, distress tolerance, and emotional regulation, as well as the development of positive interpersonal relationships. It is a long-term ...
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Dialectical Behavior (DBT) Support Groups
Who is DBT for?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is designed for people who experience extreme emotional suffering because they lack the skills of emotion regulation and distress tolerance. The basic affliction can underlie a wide range of conditions, from borderline and other personality disorders to PTSD and treatment-resistant anxiety and depression. The therapy is helpful to those whose emotional reactivity is so intense it is disruptive to everyday functioning and leads to frequent crises.
Why do people need DBT?
The ability to regulate emotions is a core psychological skill that enables people to function in life and pay attention to the world outside themselves; it is consistently associated with well-being. DBT is designed to help people learn how to manage and regulate their emotions. Originally developed to treat people with borderline personality disorder whose extreme emotional suffering led to self-harming behavior and suicide attempts, the therapy is now applied to other conditions involving emotion dysregulation, particularly when other treatments have failed.
What happens in DBT?
Individuals meet weekly with their therapist to discuss their experiences relating to moods, behavior, and skills. Using checklists they maintain, they review emotional experiences and positive practices they engage in. The diaries help individuals discern what led up to a specific problem encountered, this is followed by discussion of the consequences of their actions. In addition, individuals may meet in class-like small groups to learn skills such as mindfulness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
How long does DBT last?
Because it is intended to establish long-lasting behavioral change among those with persistent problems, DBT is designed to last six months to a year. DBT includes both weekly sessions of individual therapy and weekly skills-training sessions conducted in small groups. Studies of DBT have documented improvement within a year of treatment, particularly in controlling self-harmful behavior; nevertheless, individuals may require therapy for several years.