Teen DBT Skills Groups
What is DBT?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy is an intensive therapeutic approach teaching social-emotional and resilience skills for life enhancement. It is an evidence-based treatment with skills that focus on mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness and communication, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance.
CHC offers therapeutic skills groups for middle and high school teens:
- DBT Skills Group for High School Teens
- Middle School Multi-Family Skills Group
- Weekly DBT Applied Skills Group
DBT Skills Group for High School Teens
In this group, teens learn and practice DBT skills that they can use to regulate emotions and behaviors, enhance mood, improve relationships and engage in effective problem solving and communication.
High school-aged teens struggling with emotion regulation issues, past history of self-injurious behavior and/or suicidal ideation can join this group; participants must be seeing a regular outpatient therapist outside of group.
- One session/week on a recurring weekday evening. Families must commit to 8 weeks minimum.
- $1140 for 8 weeks of 1.5 hour sessions; financial assistance available
- The group is facilitated by Emily Sullivan, LMFT and Melina Foden, PsyD. Patrice Crisostomo, PhD and Melina Foden, PsyD, run another session of this group.
Visit the DBT Skills Teen Therapy Group page.
This group is designed for high school age teens who have previously completed DBT skills training, and are now looking for a group to support them in practicing and applying these skills to real-life situations. The goal of the group is to support teens in applying the DBT skills effectively to regulate their emotions and behaviors, enhance mood, improve relationships, and engage in effective problem solving and communication.
Get Started Today
If you are already being seen at CHC, please ask your therapist about joining the group. If not, please have a parent call or email a Care Coordinator: 650.688.3625 or careteam@chconline.org. Financial assistance is available.
