DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY FOR COUPLES
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In DBT Skills for Couples, we learn to more effectively cope with intense emotional patterns in our intimate relationships. These online classes teach skills that can help break the negative emotional patterns that prompt criticism, self-blame, or defensiveness. This class and the Family Skills Training provide family members, friends or partners with skills to better cope and support their loved ones. The DBT Skills for Couples online class is scheduled each year in the fall and is typically followed by the DBT Family Skills Training.
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DBT Couples Skills Course |
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DBT Skills for Couples. DBT Skills for Couples provides perspectives and strategies to more effectively cope with intense emotional patterns and disagreements, to communicate accurately and with validation, and to deepen the intimacy we desire in our couple relationships.
The Registration link is at the end of this description. Where/When: This 15-week series is held online on Tuesday evenings, 6:30-8:00pm. See schedule below. We continue to explore effective presentations of these skills and perspectives as an online course. A feature of the 2024 course:
The DBT Skills for Couples course is based on Alan Fruzzetti’s The High Conflict Couple: A DBT Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy and Validation. This will be the text for the course and can be purchased from many local bookstores or from New Harbinger at https://www.newharbinger.com/high-conflict-couple. Format: Members receive handouts and worksheets for each class. Every session begins with a mindfulness exercise, followed by a 15 minute Q&A to offer additional feedback/coaching by the group leader(s). We continue with the teaching and exercises for the new skills. This is the format of a class, rather than a therapy group which features interpersonal processing between group members or members of a family. The focus is on becoming more skillful, so you will be practicing with your partner. You will not be expected to share personal information. This is a class, not therapy. Past participants have appreciated the benefit of also having their own couple/family/individual therapy while applying these DBT skills to the challenging events of the week. Participants tend to be diverse across a range of age, race, gender, therapy experience, and interpersonal styles/levels of struggle. All seek to learn, to become more skillful, and to actively apply the skills from each class. The class will be recorded and the recording will be available for additional study. An email summary of key points and additional resources will be sent each week. We understand there may be evenings when you will be unable to attend. *This course is not a substitute for a standard DBT Skills Group, a support group, process-oriented group therapy, or couple therapy. We will be happy to suggest ways to find those resources. Fall 2024 Schedule Sep 3, 2024 - Understanding Emotion in Relationships Sep 10, 2024 - Accepting Your Partner (and Yourself) Sep 17, 2024 - How to Stop Making Things Worse Sep 24, 2024 - Small Group Discussion/Skills Coaching Oct 1, 2024 - Being More Alive Together Oct 8, 2024 - Healing and Reactivating Your Relationship Oct 15, 2024 - Accurate Expression via Emotion Regulation Oct 22, 2024 - Small Group Discussion/Skills Coaching Oct 30, 2024 - What and Why to Validate Nov 5, 2024 - How to Validate your Partner Nov 12, 2024 - Recovering from Invalidation Nov 19, 2024 - Small Group Discussion/Skills Coaching Nov 26, 2024 - Managing Problems/Negotiating Solutions Dec 3, 2024 - Transforming Conflict into Closeness Dec 10, 2024 - Pulling it All Together Cost: The fee for participating in this format of the online DBT Skills for Couples 15-week course is $850 for each couple. There is an Early Registration option of a single payment of $750, if sent with registration (reduced fee ends on August 16th if openings remain). There are openings for 18 couples. Once the class is full, we will have a waiting list. For those with limited financial resources, a reduced fee of $375 per couple, is available. We do not want the fee to be an obstacle to getting the skills you need (DBT therapists do strive to reinforce skillful asking), so please contact me if you need a further fee reduction to attend. The fee payment can be mailed to: CIP/Mader, 110 Circadian Way, Chapel Hill NC 27516 or paid using either PayPal with an additional 3% convenience fee to [email protected]. Complete your registration with the button below the following learning objectives. Key Learning Objectives for DBT Couples Skills Sessions
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