DBT Skills Group Information

DBT Skills Group: Interpersonal Effectiveness Begins in December!

Starts: December 16, 2024

Day of the week: Mondays
Time: 6:30pm-7:30pm
Length of module: 6 weekly sessions
Topic: Module 4: Interpersonal Effectiveness

Location: Zoom meetings
Cost: A flat fee of $300 per module
No registration fee.

***Sliding scale and payment plans available 

This group is set up to cover each module in DBT: mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance. Every set consists of 6 weeks on a specific DBT module held in 60 minute groups every Monday. Each unit can be taken by itself or you can take the whole series. The fourth module is Interpersonal Effectiveness. 

Goals: be skillful in getting what you want and need from others; get others to do things you would like them to do; get others to take your opinions seriously; say no to unwanted requests effectively; build relationships; end destructive relationships; strengthen current relationships; find and build new relationships; end hopeless relationships; walk the middle path; create and maintain balance in relationships; and balance acceptance and change in relationships.

Skills: learning the factors that get in the way of interpersonal effectiveness; disputing myths about interpersonal effectiveness; clarifying priorities; DEAR MAN; GIVE; FAST; factors to consider; validation; saying no; troubleshooting when what you are doing isn’t working; finding and getting people to like you; mindfulness of others; ending destructive/interfering relationships; dialectics; recovering from invalidation; and strategies for changing behavior.

To receive more information and/or an application contact: 

Emily Ellison, MS, LMHC, Therapist/Owner @ Enhanced Therapy Solution 

(425) 343-6942 or enhancedtherapysolution@gmail.com