Teen Grant
Free Teen Skills Group
Skills group for handling emotions, stress and relationships
(adapted from Marsha Linehan’s Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
A Balanced Life is hosting a summer DBT-I skills group for teens ages 14-18. Groups will run from:
June 26 - August 16th on site at A Balanced Life on Wednesdays from 5:30-6:30pm.
In this group, participants will learn:
- How to manage stress and overwhelm
- Helpful ways to handle big emotions
- Skills for effective family, friend and romantic relationships
- How to calm the body & mind down through mindfulness
This group will benefit all teens, but can be particularly helpful for teens who:
- Have stress management difficulties
- Experience emotion dysregulation
- Have experienced adverse life events or trauma
- Have difficulty with interpersonal relationships
- Exhibit impulsive behaviors
- Have urges to self-harm
- Use avoidant coping strategies
- Have symptoms of depression and/or anxiety
- Utilize substances to cope with struggles
This group requires an 8-week commitment.
Note that this group is a psycho-educational group and designed to build skills in participants. It differs from a therapy group in that it focuses on learning new skills and developing more productive ways to manage uncomfortable emotions. It is not a therapy group.
If you are interested in signing your teen up for individual or family DBT-I therapy, please ask for a referral from their assigned school counselor during the school year and from Natalie Collin, School Psychologist ncolling@ltusd.org, during the summer, to access our free therapy services.
You can call our offices at (530) 544-1748 or email office@abalancedlifetahoe.com with additional questions.
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