This group is designed to go over Core Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness, breaking them down into modules comprised of eight weeks. The group is held in-person.
Hosted by Stacey Flavin-Cave
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CRC
Group meets in Richmond Heights, MO 63117
This group is designed to go over Core Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness, breaking them down into modules comprised of eight weeks. The group is held in-person.
Virtual group that dives deeper into Dialectical Behavior Therapy - have you graduated after a year of DBT and felt like you were drinking water through a fire hose? It can be overwhelming to feel like you are "done" with group and still not catching the gist of the skills. In Advanced DBT, we take our time with skills and really hone in on how to integrate them in our lives. Smaller group setting - major benefits!
Hosted by Adrianne Martin
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Group meets in Richmond Heights, MO 63117
I provide Dialectical Behavior Therapy for my specialties - both with clients struggling with suicide and self-harm behaviors or carrying a BPD diagnosis, and with high-conflict couples.
Virtual group that dives deeper into Dialectical Behavior Therapy - have you graduated after a year of DBT and felt like you were drinking water through a fire hose? It can be overwhelming to feel like you are "done" with group and still not catching the gist of the skills. In Advanced DBT, we take our time with skills and really hone in on how to integrate them in our lives. Smaller group setting - major benefits!
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The educational skills building group will cover 3 modules: Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness and Distress Tolerance; each one being 8 weeks in duration. This is not “Group Therapy”; you will not be asked to discuss personal matters. Rather, you will be asked to identify situations where skills were used effectively or in which they could have been helpful. Commitment to the program is expected and will be discussed upon inquiry. Payment is collected upfront for each 8 week module; if other arrangements are needing to be made, please contact the DBT Coordinator
The educational skills building group will cover 3 modules: Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness and Distress Tolerance; each one being 8 weeks in duration. This is not “Group Therapy”; you will not be asked to discuss personal matters. Rather, you will be asked to identify situations where skills were used effectively or in which they could have been helpful. Commitment to the program is expected and will be discussed upon inquiry. Payment is collected upfront for each 8 week module; if other arrangements are needing to be made, please contact the DBT Coordinator
Skills Groups are run like a class where the group leader teaches skills and practice exercises to help you use the skills at home, school, work and social situations. Classes are organized in four modules: core mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. With 6 sessions per module, it takes 24 sessions, or an average of 6 months to complete all skills classes. Most clients take the four DBT modules more than once to more fully absorb and apply the skills as they become increasingly automatic in most areas of your life.
Skills Groups are run like a class where the group leader teaches skills and practice exercises to help you use the skills at home, school, work and social situations. Classes are organized in four modules: core mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. With 6 sessions per module, it takes 24 sessions, or an average of 6 months to complete all skills classes. Most clients take the four DBT modules more than once to more fully absorb and apply the skills as they become increasingly automatic in most areas of your life.
Skills group for teens
Hosted by Ryan Michael Schwartzmeyer
Licensed Professional Counselor, MSc, LPC, LCPC
Group meets in Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367
Skills group for teens
If you’re a parent navigating the overwhelm and fear following your child’s suicide attempt or suicidal threats, you don’t have to go through it alone. This group is designed to support your own recovery, helping your mind and body process and heal from the ongoing stress or traumatic events through evidence-based EMDR-IGTP. While Still Move Counseling offers additional supports for managing mental health crises, this group is uniquely focused on your healing—so you can move forward with greater resilience and steadiness. www.stillmovecounseling.com
If you’re a parent navigating the overwhelm and fear following your child’s suicide attempt or suicidal threats, you don’t have to go through it alone. This group is designed to support your own recovery, helping your mind and body process and heal from the ongoing stress or traumatic events through evidence-based EMDR-IGTP. While Still Move Counseling offers additional supports for managing mental health crises, this group is uniquely focused on your healing—so you can move forward with greater resilience and steadiness. www.stillmovecounseling.com
Full DBT Skills group.
Hosted by Ryan Michael Schwartzmeyer
Licensed Professional Counselor, MSc, LPC, LCPC
Group meets in Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367
Full DBT Skills group.
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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.