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DBT Environmental Skills Training (DBT-EST)

For years we have offered high quality treatment for our clients. We now want to  help their loved ones be more skillful and pursue the life we all want.

*Next workshop TBD

DBT-EST Information

What is it

A DBT informed skills training workshop that is aimed to help support the social environment of the ones we love who are struggling.

Who it's for

Loved ones (parents, partners, friends, family, etc.) of those in our lives that are struggling and we need help. This group is open to the public should you believe it will benefit you.

How much

$350 (due prior to starting. 50% off for any additional family members. Resources will be provided if you miss any days.

What are the Goals??

  • Better understand our loved ones who are suffering

  • Increase our own skillfulness

  • Express ourselves more effectively

  • Identify and change unhelpful relational patterns

  • Reduce caregiver burnout

  • Handle crises more effectively

Getting Started and Workshop Agreements

Once you sign up, a member of our team will reach out to collect some basic information. We will want to make sure you thoroughly have read this page and agree to the conditions of this workshop.

  1. Maintain confidentiality of any personal information of members from this workshop.

  2. Support one another, especially by being present in the workshop and taking a nonjudgmental stance towards other members.

  3. Acknowledge that this workshop is not psychotherapy nor a replacement to therapy. 

  4. Intend to come prepared and make time to practice between meetings what we learn.

  5. Participate in any data collection/feedback so as to assess the effectiveness of this workshop.

  6. Pay agreed upon fees in a timely manner.​

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Recommended Resources

BOOKS

  • The High-conflict Couple by Fruzzetti, Alan E., Ph.D.  2006.

  • Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder. Shari Manning 2011

  • Parenting a Child Who Has Intense Emotions. Harvey, Pat, ACSW LCSW-C, and Jeanine A. Penzo, LICSW 2009

  • The Power of Validation: Hall, Karyn D., Ph.D., Melissa H. Cook, LPC, and Shari Y. Manning, Ph.D.  2012.

  • Building a Life Worth Living Marsha Linehan 2020

 
PODCASTS
Is My Child A Monster? A Parenting Therapy Podcast by Leslie Cohen-Rubury
The Skillful Podcast by Bay Area DBT & Couples Counseling Center
 
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Guillén, V., Díaz-García, A., Mira, A., García-Palacios, A., Escrivá-Martínez, T., Baños, R. and Botella, C. (2021). Interventions for Family Members and Carers of Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review. Fam. Proc., 60: 134-144. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12537
 
Hoffman, P. D., Fruzzetti, A. E., Buteau, E., Neiditch, E. R., Penney, D., Bruce, M. L., Hellman, F., & Struening, E. (2005). Family connections: A program for relatives of persons with borderline personality disorder. Family Process, 44(2), 217–225. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.2005.00055.x

Zalewski, M., Maliken, A., Lengua, L. J., Martin, C. G., Roos, L., & *Everett, Y.  ̈(2020) Integrating dialectical behavior therapy with child and parent training interventions: A narrative and theoretical review. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. 

Zalewski, M. *Lewis, J. K., & *Martin, C. G. (2018). Identifying novel applications of dialectical behavior therapy: considering emotion regulation and parenting. Current Opinion in Psychology, 21, 122-126.

Berk, M. S., Rathus, J., Kessler, M., Clarke, S., Chick, C., Shen, H., & Llewellyn, T. (2022). Pilot test of a DBT-based parenting intervention for parents of youth with recent self-harm. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 29(2), 348-366.
 
National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (UK) (2009). Borderline personality disorder: Treatment
and management. Leicester, UK: British Psychological Society. (NICE Clinical Guidelines, No. 78.). 

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