Dialectical Behaviour Therapy – Brief Skills Group

Re-route Your Pathway

Our Dialectical Behaviour Therapy – Brief (DBT-Brief) programme provides skills-based group therapy for people who struggle with chronic emotion dysregulation and unhelpful behavioural patterns. Research has shown brief DBT skills groups offer an effective treatment approach for improving mood, increasing emotion regulation, and developing helpful coping responses.

Outcomes

The program teaches participants emotional regulation and interpersonal skills, as well as mindfulness and distress tolerance. It helps reduce any therapy interfering behaviour. Participants will acknowledge and challenge thought patterns to determine whether they serve their life goals, and learn to replace destructive behaviours with positive thought and powerful actions.

Along with attending the group, participants will have individual sessions to construct their own wellness plans where required.

Outcomes

Sixteen-week course schedule

Module 1: Overview of DBT
Week 1: Orientation; What is DBT 
Week 2: Introduction to mindfulness
Week 3: Mindfulness continued
Week 4: Wise Mind
Module 2: Emotion Regulation
Week 5: Understanding emotions
Week 6: Checking the facts
Week 7: Problem Solving
Week 8: Reducing emotional vulnerability
Module 3: Distress Tolerance
Week 9: Distress intolerance and Radical Acceptance
Week 10: TIPP, Self-soothe
Week 11: Accepts, Improve
Week 12: Building your distress tolerance plan
Module 4: Interpersonal Effectiveness
Week 13: Exploring boundaries
Week 14: Identifying priorities
Week 15: Dearman, Give, Fast
Week 16: Review, Summary, Maintaining wellness

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