Skills Training Group
This group is currently open to members. Male members in particular are encouraged to join.
Lakeview Center for Psychotherapy offers Skills Training Groups in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), led by Katie Magrino. DBT skills can be a valuable addition to individual psychotherapy because they offer practical strategies for managing strong emotions. The group meets on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. It is open to new members approximately every 4 weeks. Each 4-week unit focuses on one of the four DBT Skill Areas. While group members are encouraged to experience the whole 16-week cycle of training, they may commit to two 4-week units at a time.
The skill areas are:
Mindfulness: The "core" DBT skill. Mindfulness is about cultivating awareness of thoughts, emotions, and present-moment experiences. Because mindfulness is so central to DBT, we not only spend 4 weeks on learning this skill, but we also do a mindfulness practice together to start every group.
Emotion Regulation: understanding what emotions are and ways to eliminate, de-escalate, or change them.
Interpersonal Effectiveness: ways to get your needs met without damaging relationships or feeling overwhelmed.
Distress Tolerance: ways to tolerate distressing emotions when you can't eliminate or change them.
The fee is often covered by insurance. Group members are required to be in individual therapy, which does not have to be with Katie Magrino or Lakeview Center’s therapists as long as the individual therapist is willing to support the use of DBT. The first step in joining the Skills Training Group is to meet with Katie Magrino individually. To learn more or to join the group, call Katie Magrino at 773-525-3366.
DBT Skills Training Group
Individual DBT
DBT Emotion Management Quiz
DBT FAQs
Mindfulness
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Distress Tolerance
Emotion Regulation
DBT Consultation Group
