For individuals who have completed standard DBT Skills training and are ready to refine their skills further, DBT Advanced Skill Training offers a more in-depth understanding and application of these skills to enhance the effectiveness of therapy.
DBT Advanced Skill Training is an intensive program designed for individuals who have completed the initial stages of DBT and seek to further develop their skills for more complex and challenging situations. The main objective of this advanced training is to help clients continue their progress toward a more stable and fulfilling life by mastering advanced techniques for managing emotions, improving interpersonal relationships, and reducing self-destructive behaviours.
DBT Advanced Skill Training is a valuable resource for individuals seeking to build upon the foundational skills learned in standard DBT treatment. By offering advanced techniques for emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance, this training helps clients continue their journey toward emotional stability and fulfilling relationships. Through ongoing practice and application of these advanced skills, clients can expect to experience increased self-awareness, emotional stability, improved relationships, and greater life satisfaction.
In DBT Advanced Skill Training, clients further develop their distress tolerance skills to manage crises better and tolerate emotional pain without engaging in self-destructive behaviours.
DBT Advanced Skill Training places a strong emphasis on refining emotion regulation techniques. These advanced skills help clients gain a deeper understanding of their emotions and learn more sophisticated strategies for managing them effectively.
DBT Advanced Skill Training also focuses on enhancing clients' interpersonal effectiveness skills. These advanced techniques help clients navigate complex social situations and build healthier, more satisfying relationships.
DBT Advanced Skill Training includes comprehensive behaviour chaining and missing link analysis: skills imperative to living a life worth living.
Participating in DBT Advanced Skill Training offers numerous benefits for individuals looking to deepen their understanding and application of DBT skills. Some of the key benefits include:
Enhanced self-awareness: Advanced skill training helps clients gain a deeper understanding of their emotions, thoughts, and behaviours, leading to increased self-awareness and personal growth.
Improved emotional stability: By mastering advanced emotion regulation skills, clients can achieve greater emotional stability, reducing mood swings, impulsivity, and self-destructive behaviours.
Strengthened relationships: Advanced interpersonal effectiveness skills help clients foster healthier, more satisfying relationships with friends, family members, and romantic partners.
Increased resilience: Developing advanced distress tolerance skills enables clients to manage crises and emotional pain better, leading to increased resilience and a greater ability to bounce back from setbacks.
Greater life satisfaction: As clients progress through DBT Advanced Skill Training, they often experience increased life satisfaction as they become more skilled in managing their emotions, navigating interpersonal challenges, and coping with distress.
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Starting DBT Services at STG Health is a short, 4-step process.
You'll complete an intake and consent form, as well as two screenings to help us learn about your symptoms.
We'll go over the information and screening results, and then decide which DBT service to start with.
You'll get a dedicated therapist assigned and get started in 1 to 2 weeks. No waiting lists and no long wait times.
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