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Our classes teach DBT skills that will enhance your ability to conquer life's challenges and focus on what you love.

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WHAT IS DBT?

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) treatment is a type of psychotherapy that utilizes a cognitive-behavioral approach. With its emphasis on building skills and eliminating destructive behaviors, DBT is a highly practical and direct form of therapy focused on creating a life worth living.

DBT TREATS:

Depression
Anxiety
Creating & Maintaining Relationships
Resolving Past Trauma
Emotional Dysregulation

Rebounding From Grief & Loss
Increasing Family Harmony
Stopping Self-Harm
Bipolar Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder

"My clients have gained so much from taking DBT Skills Training Classes with the team at Village Counseling and Wellness! Once they started attending they found the skills to be life-changing. My therapy progresses more quickly and I can do deeper, more effective work with my clients as they learn to better regulate their emotions. My clients come in more regulated, less prone to the 'crisis of the week' and ready to do the real work of therapy.

Village is my favorite referral source!"

Fatemeh Farahan, LMFT

Clinical Director and Owner of Farahan Therapy & Associates

ONLINE DBT CLASSES WE PROVIDE

Adult

If you are ready to overcome unhealthy relationship patterns, create stability in your daily life, and learn how to thrive in life, this class may be for you. We've structured our Adult classes using an evidenced-based treatment approach.

Adolescents

Teens today are under a great deal of stress and face a number of challenges they may not know how to handle. Help your teen develop the emotional intelligence necessary to lead a happy and healthy life.

Parents

As a parent, you might feel lost or unsure of how to help your teenager, while also dealing with the pressures of your own life. If you feel helpless, hopeless, or completely discouraged as a parent, we can help.

Spanish

Spanish-English speaking classes are available. Would you be more comfortable taking classes in your first language? If this is something you'd benefit from, we'd love to speak with you!

FOR THERAPISTS

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FOR CLIENTS

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CLIENT SUPPORT

When you learn DBT skills, they become life-long tools you can use to help you navigate difficult situations, handle triggering events, and keep your emotions at bay when life gets tough. Designed as a supplement to weekly therapy, our classes allow you to keep working with your therapist while gaining new skills through hands-on trainings.

DBT SKILLS YOU WILL LEARN:

Manage stress effectively.
Increase your ability to manage uncomfortable feelings.
Communicate directly and speak your “truth”.
Improve your relationship skills and your ability to connect with others.
Build skills needed to create long-term stability and safety in your life.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

Our online DBT skill classes will teach you all of the DBT skills over a six-month program, broken in 3 eight-week modules. Each module meets weekly for 8 weeks and is held on Zoom, which is a HIPAA-compliant online platform.

Online Class Topics Include:

Mindfulness

Emotional Regulation

Distress Tolerance

Interpersonal Effectiveness

REQUIREMENTS:

You will be required to be in weekly therapy in order to register, and you will be required to remain in therapy for the duration of your time in the DBT class. We will communicate with your therapist before you join and periodically throughout your time in our classes. Due to licensure requirements, only CA state residents are able to participate at this time.

REGISTRATION:

The registration fee for one 8-week session is $600. When you register, you will have the option to pay for the full 8 weeks or to pay in two installments of $300.

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THERAPIST PARTNERSHIP

We provide this program to partner with you to help clients who are in need of more support than traditional talk therapy. In addition to the benefits to the client, this program also provides support to therapists who choose to partner with us.

BENEFITS FOR THERAPISTS:

1-on-1 calls with one of our therapists before your client begins classes.
Weekly email updates from our therapists about the skills taught that week.
Optional monthly case consultation meeting with other therapists who have clients in our DBT skills classes.
Ongoing relationship with your client.
We consider ourselves a supplemental resource to the therapy you provide. to the client and require participants to continue their engagement in weekly therapy with you.