FOR TEENS WHO ARE READY TO GAIN CONTROL OF THEIR EMOTIONS AND LIVE A LIFE THEY LOVE!
We offer skill building groups to help teens get off the emotional roller-coaster, and gain actionable coping skills to create a life worth living.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy is a skills-based program and an approach to therapy that is perfect for teens who feel like they are on an emotional roller coaster and have trouble finding emotional stability. DBT is proven to be effective with teens who experience:
- Frequent emotional outbursts
- Inability to cope with setbacks
- Overwhelming anxiety
- Loss of friendships due to emotional volatility
- Self-injuring behaviors
DBT Group will Help Your Teen:
Learn to be aware of their feelings in the moment. By developing emotional awareness your teen will be able to respond effectively to big emotions rather than react in unhelpful ways making things worse
Develop concrete coping strategies. DBT group is focused on teaching actionable skills to deal with distress so they no longer make the situation worse with self-destructive or impulsive behaviors
Enhanced relationship skills. Your teen will develop communication skills to express their feelings, ask for help, and set healthy boundaries so they can navigate conflicts constructively and foster long-term healthy friendships.
Create a personalized cope ahead plan. Our expert therapists will help your teen analyze their current behaviors and create an individualized coping skills reducing the likelihood of engaging in self-harming or problematic behaviors.
Apply Skills to Real Life Situations (not just in group)! Through fun experiential groups and homework assignments, teens learn to apply DBT skills to real-life situations, leading to long-term behavior change outside of the therapy room!
Focusing on SKILLS and not a “vent sesh” will help you feel more effective in making behavior change and managing your emotions when situations feel escalated.
At Mindful Healing in Watertown, CT, we take pride in offering both an informed and comprehensive DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) program led by therapists who are highly trained and certified in this evidence-based treatment. Our therapists specialize in supporting teens facing challenges such as emotion dysregulation, self-harm, and interpersonal difficulties. Our goal is to help your teen control their emotions not have their emotions control them.
Duration: Each group session lasts 75 minutes long, allowing time to connect, engage in experiential skill-building, and receive peer support.
Curriculum: Our DBT teen group has a 24-week curriculum that teaches teens everyday skills to manage emotions, build confidence, and foster relationships.
Intake: Before joining the group, an intake assessment is required to ensure that the DBT program is the best fit for your teen’s individual needs and goals.
Pricing: The investment for DBT group is $65 per group. We offer a comprehensive program rate of $55 per group for those who have a DBT individual or DBT parent therapists at Mindful Healing.
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You can look forward to:
- Feeling more comfortable in your own skin
- Gaining confidence and hope about your future
- Increased satisfaction with day-to-day life
- More energy, especially for doing things that make you happy
- Finding it easier to set boundaries
DBT Comprehensive Program
At Mindful Healing, we offer a Comprehensive DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) program, or DBT by the book. A comprehensive program is designed for teens or young people struggling with intense emotion dysregulation, self-harm, or other self-destructive behaviors. You may have tried other programs or therapies and they haven’t worked for you. Comprehensive DBT consists of all components of DBT:
Skills Group: Groups focus on teaching clients the four core modules of DBT: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Individual Therapy: This is the main way of developing and refining the ability to apply skills taught in DBT skills group to daily life. DBT individual therapy is structured and focuses on increasing emotion awareness and problem solving.
DBT for Parents: Parents participate in sessions to learn how to support their teen’s use of DBT skills at home, how to communicate effectively within the family system, and how to respond to specific adolescent behaviors.
Phone Coaching: This part of the treatment is designed to promote skills use where it matters most – in daily life. Under certain circumstances teens have access to a therapist for a brief phone consultation to help coach them through a DBT skill. Phone coaching is only available to Comprehensive DBT clients. Our coaching app is available to all DBT clients.
Consultation Team: DBT therapists participate in regular consultation team meetings where they receive supervision, feedback, support. This helps ensure adherence to the DBT model and increase the effectiveness of treatment.