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DBT Family Skills Training
We will again offer the condensed format (a series of three Saturday morning sessions) which will largely cover the same content as the 12 week class. Past participants can pick up a session they missed in the last cycle or repeat a session they value. It is fine to attend 1, 2, 3 or all 4 of the sessions in this series. Each session is designed to train participants in using particular DBT skills in mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness or emotion regulation/distress tolerance, independent of the other sessions. Also, the DBT Skills for Couples will be offered on Tuesday Evenings during the year. Each DBT FST session begins with a mindfulness exercise. You might view this course as the mindfulness-based emotion regulation class you wished you had had years ago. The teaching and exercises will be structured to assist each participant with their particular relationship patterns and target behaviors. There will be time for questions to facilitate the learning and putting the skills into practice. This is a format of a class or a seminar. This is not a therapy group which engages interpersonal processing between group members or members of a couple/family. The focus is on becoming more skillful, rather than processing the events of the week. Referrals for psycho-therapeutic support can be arranged. Course objectives below. Who can benefit: Past participants have come to gain essential skills to support themselves and their emotionally sensitive loved ones. This includes their children, their siblings, their partners, their friends and their parents. Some of these loved ones have been in standard DBT Skills Groups, while many have not (yet). Participants are a diverse blend of adults with a range of age, race, gender identity, sexual identity, therapy experience, and interpersonal styles/levels of struggle. All seek to learn, to become more skillful, and are willing to commit to actively apply the skills from each session. As part of the mission of Triangle Area DBT (TADBiT), there will be some "participant-observer" slots available for mental health professionals who want to become more familiar with applying DBT skills with families and couples. When and Where: Saturdays, 8:45am-1pm. Location TBD, typically in Chapel Hill/Carrboro. |
Introduction to DBT Skills for Families & Friends Half-Day Workshop TBA. More information on objectives can be found here. DBT Family Skills Training Schedule - Four Saturdays in Spring 2021 TBA. Class 1, February/March TBA - Core Mindfulness for Increasing Family Balance and Effectiveness Class 2, February/March TBA - Interpersonal Effectiveness and the Benefits of Validating Class 3, Spring TBA - Emotion Regulation and Distress Tolerance (How to NOT Make Things Worse) Class 4, Spring TBA - The ABCs of Managing Relationship Problems (prereq: attend at least one of the prior three sessions) The fee for each 4 hour session is $120 per person. Participants will be sent handouts and worksheets in preparation for each session. * Participants are typically adults. I would not recommend this class for children under 16 years old. For adolescents, I would suggest the DBT Teen Skills Groups. More information at www.triangleareadbt.com/dbt-adolescents-groups * Sliding scale is available on request for financial need or multiple family members. We do not want the expense to prevent interested family members or friends from gaining the skills they seek. Registration
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DBT Family Skills Training (FST) has two goals for family members and friends:
We have all experienced times of emotional vulnerability and sensitivity and can benefit from becoming more skillful. This is especially true when we are experiencing a negative emotional state, such as anger, fear, sadness or shame. Sharing a life with an emotionally sensitive family member can be delightful, as well as challenging, aggravating and bewildering.
Family members and friends often feel at a loss to know how to manage their own feelings and needs while still remaining connected and caring to these sensitive folks. Each of these classes provide friends, family members or partners with the skills to better cope and support their loved one.
Appreciations!
The DBT Family Skills Training is based on the work of Perry Hoffman, Alan Fruzzetti, Marsha Linehan and Shari Manning.
- to learn about how emotional sensitivity and dysregulation impact our relationships with loved ones and
- to learn effective relationship and self management skills.
We have all experienced times of emotional vulnerability and sensitivity and can benefit from becoming more skillful. This is especially true when we are experiencing a negative emotional state, such as anger, fear, sadness or shame. Sharing a life with an emotionally sensitive family member can be delightful, as well as challenging, aggravating and bewildering.
Family members and friends often feel at a loss to know how to manage their own feelings and needs while still remaining connected and caring to these sensitive folks. Each of these classes provide friends, family members or partners with the skills to better cope and support their loved one.
Appreciations!
The DBT Family Skills Training is based on the work of Perry Hoffman, Alan Fruzzetti, Marsha Linehan and Shari Manning.
Key Learning Objectives for DBT Family Skills Training
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Objective 1: Introduction to DBT Family Skills Therapy (FST)
Objective 5: Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills I. DBT Skills for Effective Relating
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Objective 7 : Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills III. Validate, Validate, Validate
Objective 8: Emotion Regulation Skills I. Mindfully Observing & Describing the Suffering Cycle
Objective 11: Applying Basic Behavioral Principles for Family Relationships
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