This DBT group is for adults experiencing intense emotions, relationship challenges, or difficulty managing stress. This is a structured, educational group covering all four core DBT areas: emotion regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness. The goal is to help you feel more in control of your emotions and respond more effectively in daily life. This is not a traditional process group and focuses on learning and applying practical tools with support and guidance. Group meets weekly from 5–7 PM for 90 minutes. Cost is $55 per session. A brief consultation is required. Limited spots available.
This DBT group is for adults experiencing intense emotions, relationship challenges, or difficulty managing stress. This is a structured, educational group covering all four core DBT areas: emotion regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness. The goal is to help you feel more in control of your emotions and respond more effectively in daily life. This is not a traditional process group and focuses on learning and applying practical tools with support and guidance. Group meets weekly from 5–7 PM for 90 minutes. Cost is $55 per session. A brief consultation is required. Limited spots available.
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a type of cognitive behavioral therapy where we teach people how to live in the moment, how to cope with stress and regulate emotions, and how to improve communication and relationships with others. Our small groups will meet weekly, and clients will ideally attend individual therapy sessions where the therapist and client will work together to resolve the seeming contradiction between self-acceptance and change in order to bring about positive changes in the client.
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a type of cognitive behavioral therapy where we teach people how to live in the moment, how to cope with stress and regulate emotions, and how to improve communication and relationships with others. Our small groups will meet weekly, and clients will ideally attend individual therapy sessions where the therapist and client will work together to resolve the seeming contradiction between self-acceptance and change in order to bring about positive changes in the client.
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EMDR is a therapy proven to help people recover from trauma & PTSD symptoms. EMDR therapy treats anxiety, depression, OCD, chronic pain, & addictions. (EMDRIA, 2025)
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) groups focus on teaching essential skills for managing emotions & improving relationships. These structured groups, held weekly, include four core modules: Mindfulness: Learning to stay present and aware. Distress Tolerance: Developing strategies to cope with crises without resorting to harmful behaviors. Emotion Regulation: Gaining skills to manage intense emotions effectively. Interpersonal Effectiveness: Enhancing communication & relationship skills. In DBT groups, members learn and practice these skills in a supportive, collaborative environment. Sessions typically involve skill-building exercises, discussions, & sharing experiences. Participants benefit from improved emotional stability, better coping mechanisms, & healthier relationships, while receiving encouragement & feedback from peers & therapist.
I help adults struggling with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, substance abuse, BPD, and emotional overwhelm.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) groups focus on teaching essential skills for managing emotions & improving relationships. These structured groups, held weekly, include four core modules: Mindfulness: Learning to stay present and aware. Distress Tolerance: Developing strategies to cope with crises without resorting to harmful behaviors. Emotion Regulation: Gaining skills to manage intense emotions effectively. Interpersonal Effectiveness: Enhancing communication & relationship skills. In DBT groups, members learn and practice these skills in a supportive, collaborative environment. Sessions typically involve skill-building exercises, discussions, & sharing experiences. Participants benefit from improved emotional stability, better coping mechanisms, & healthier relationships, while receiving encouragement & feedback from peers & therapist.
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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.