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12 weeks of putting familiar skills into practice

DBT Skills Refresher Plus

A structured online group for DBT graduates who want to refresh their skills, work through barriers, and use DBT more consistently in everyday life.

You don’t need to choose a program before contacting us. Intake does not commit you to treatment.

Your care at a glance

  • 12 weeks of 90-minute online sessions
  • Designed for people with an established DBT foundation
  • Recovery Goals reviewed at weeks 1, 6, and 12
  • Focus on everyday skill use, reducing avoidance, and building a meaningful life
Fit and safety

Could this support fit your needs?

This service may be right for you if…

  • You completed DBT or substantial DBT skills work
  • You have drifted from practice, become avoidant, or keep using skills too late
  • You want structure, accountability, and application rather than repeating the full introductory curriculum
  • Your current risk and stability allow participation in an advanced outpatient group

A different pathway may be safer or more useful when…

  • You have never completed a full DBT foundation
  • Frequent crisis or life-threatening behaviour requires individual or comprehensive DBT
  • You are stable but need a longer bridge into work, relationships, routines, and life-building—Next Steps may fit better
Program structure

Three phases across 12 weeks

The group uses a progressive structure with measurable Recovery Goals rather than a loose review of favourite skills.

Weeks 1–4 — Re-grounding

Re-establish the practice system, clarify current targets, and identify where skill use has become inconsistent.

Weeks 5–8 — Skills of change

Work directly with avoidance, shame, fear, vulnerability, and behaviour patterns that pull life off course.

Weeks 9–12 — Integration

Apply DBT across relationships, decisions, routines, identity, and self-directed recovery. Review Recovery Goals and continuation plans.
Clinical rationale

Skill loss is often a generalization problem—not a knowledge problem

People can remember DBT concepts and still lose access to them under shame, fear, conflict, fatigue, or avoidance. Refresher Plus rebuilds deliberate practice, identifies where the chain breaks down, and strengthens self-correction without returning to the beginning of the entire curriculum.

Re-ground

Reconnect with core principles, wise mind, observation, and the personal reasons for using DBT.

Sharpen change skills

Revisit the methods that interrupt avoidance, emotional escalation, and ineffective behaviour.

Build self-sufficiency

Strengthen independent review, troubleshooting, recovery after setbacks, and sustained life-worth-living goals.
Between-session and practical support

A repeated weekly accountability loop

Consistency comes from a predictable structure that helps participants notice drift early and recommit before the old pattern becomes entrenched.

Review

What happened, where did the plan break down, and what did the consequence teach?

Practise

Rehearse a specific skill or behavioural response rather than discussing change abstractly.

Commit

Choose a realistic application for the coming week and define how progress will be recognized.
Fees and access

Fees and practical details

Group fees generally fall within the current DBT Saskatchewan range of $60–$90 per session. Graduate, refresher, skills-training, or group formats may be excluded by some benefits, so obtain confirmation for this exact program.

YOUR QUESTIONS

Questions you may have

No. Equivalent prior DBT skills work may be accepted after clinical review.

No. It assumes familiarity with DBT and focuses more heavily on reactivation, troubleshooting, generalization, and self-sufficiency.

Concrete goals reviewed at the beginning, midpoint, and end of the program to keep the work tied to real-life functioning.

Refresher Plus may not provide enough support. Intake can identify whether individual or comprehensive DBT is safer.

Yes. The group is designed for secure online participation across Saskatchewan.

Related pathways

You may also be interested in…

DBT Next Steps

Move from stabilization into a six-month life-building and accountability pathway.

DBT Skills Training

Complete a full foundation when the introductory curriculum has not yet been learned.

DBT Individual Therapy

Address personalized patterns that require one-to-one behavioural work.

You can work out the next step with us.

Tell us what has been difficult and what you hope to change. A clinician reviews your needs and explains the recommended support, practical arrangements, and next steps.

No referral is needed to contact the clinic. Your funding provider may have separate referral or authorization requirements.