Youth Skills Group

A therapeutic summer program for high schoolers. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based treatment that focuses on providing skills in four main areas: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation and Interpersonal Effectiveness.

Program Details

JUNE 17- JULY 17
Monday + Wednesday, 9:00-11:00 A.M.
Group will meet twice a week, over the span of five weeks.

Each group session is broken into three parts:

DBT Skills Training
Peer Processing
Closing

Group also includes a processing element. In process groups, individuals are given the opportunity to share current struggles and concerns with peers and group therapists. The power of process groups lies in the unique opportunity to receive multiple perspectives, support, encouragement and feedback from other individuals in a safe and confidential environment. These interpersonal interactions can provide group members an opportunity to deepen their level of self-awareness and to learn how they relate to others.

Contact for more Information:
Kayla Barglowski | kbarglowski@tyfs.org
Margaret Brigham | mbrigham@tyfs.org

Program Details

June 17-July 17
Monday + Wednesday, 9:00-11:00 A.M.
Group will meet twice a week, over the span of five weeks.

Each group session is broken into three parts:

DBT Skills Training
Peer Processing
Closing

Group also includes a processing element. In process groups, individuals are given the opportunity to share current struggles and concerns with peers and group therapists. The power of process groups lies in the unique opportunity to receive multiple perspectives, support, encouragement and feedback from other individuals in a safe and confidential environment. These interpersonal interactions can provide group members an opportunity to deepen their level of self-awareness and to learn how they relate to others.

 

Contact for more Information:
Kayla Barglowski | kbarglowski@tyfs.org
Margaret Brigham | mbrigham@tyfs.org

 

What are the benefits?

We often think in black and white; “I like chocolate” or “I hate spinach.” Thinking in such extremes actually increases suffering and prevents us from learning new things about the world and ourselves. Black and white thinking also increases conflict, because when we decide we know the “truth,” it makes it impossible for us to understand where anyone else is coming from. Dialectical, the D of DBT, refers to the ability to hold multiple perspectives at once. By doing this, we arrive at a new synthesis, or a new understanding, by holding many truths simultaneously.

 

What are the benefits?

We often think in black and white; “I like chocolate” or “I hate spinach.” Thinking in such extremes actually increases suffering and prevents us from learning new things about the world and ourselves. Black and white thinking also increases conflict, because when we decide we know the “truth,” it makes it impossible for us to understand where anyone else is coming from. Dialectical, the D of DBT, refers to the ability to hold multiple perspectives at once. By doing this, we arrive at a new synthesis, or a new understanding, by holding many truths simultaneously.