This is a structured skills training program informed by a therapeutic approach called dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). It is designed to help you learn skills to cope with overwhelming emotions, reduce impulsivity, enhance interpersonal relationships, and ultimately achieve your own ...
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Registered Social Worker, MSW, RCSW
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Group meets in Edmonton, AB T5N
This is a structured skills training program informed by a therapeutic approach called dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). It is designed to help you learn skills to cope with overwhelming emotions, reduce impulsivity, enhance interpersonal relationships, and ultimately achieve your own ...
This is a structured skills training program informed by a therapeutic approach called dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). It is designed to help you learn skills to cope with overwhelming emotions, reduce impulsivity, enhance interpersonal relationships, and ultimately achieve your own ...
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Psychologist, MSc
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Group meets in Edmonton, AB T5N
This is a structured skills training program informed by a therapeutic approach called dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). It is designed to help you learn skills to cope with overwhelming emotions, reduce impulsivity, enhance interpersonal relationships, and ultimately achieve your own ...
This is a structured skills training program informed by a therapeutic approach called dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). It is designed to help you learn skills to cope with overwhelming emotions, reduce impulsivity, enhance interpersonal relationships, and ultimately achieve your own ...
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Psychologist, BA, MEd
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Group meets in Edmonton, AB T5N
This is a structured skills training program informed by a therapeutic approach called dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). It is designed to help you learn skills to cope with overwhelming emotions, reduce impulsivity, enhance interpersonal relationships, and ultimately achieve your own ...
This is a structured skills training program informed by a therapeutic approach called dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). It is designed to help you learn skills to cope with overwhelming emotions, reduce impulsivity, enhance interpersonal relationships, and ultimately achieve your own ...
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Psychologist, MEd
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Group meets in Edmonton, AB T5N
This is a structured skills training program informed by a therapeutic approach called dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). It is designed to help you learn skills to cope with overwhelming emotions, reduce impulsivity, enhance interpersonal relationships, and ultimately achieve your own ...
This is a structured skills training program informed by a therapeutic approach called dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). It is designed to help you learn skills to cope with overwhelming emotions, reduce impulsivity, enhance interpersonal relationships, and ultimately achieve your own ...
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Psychologist, MC, SEP
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Group meets in Edmonton, AB T5N
This is a structured skills training program informed by a therapeutic approach called dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). It is designed to help you learn skills to cope with overwhelming emotions, reduce impulsivity, enhance interpersonal relationships, and ultimately achieve your own ...
There are 3 modules in this series, with intakes in January, May, and September. *** (1) DISTRESS TOLERANCE: Learn to ride the wave of overwhelming emotions without making things worse, accept painful/unwanted realities, and reduce suffering (even when you can't ...
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Psychologist, MA, RPsych
Verified Verified
Group meets in Edmonton, AB T5K
There are 3 modules in this series, with intakes in January, May, and September. *** (1) DISTRESS TOLERANCE: Learn to ride the wave of overwhelming emotions without making things worse, accept painful/unwanted realities, and reduce suffering (even when you can't ...
This is a structured skills training program informed by a therapeutic approach called dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). It is designed to help you learn skills to cope with overwhelming emotions, reduce impulsivity, enhance interpersonal relationships, and ultimately achieve your own ...
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Hosted by Ryan Busko
Psychologist, MEd
Verified Verified
Group meets in Edmonton, AB T5N
This is a structured skills training program informed by a therapeutic approach called dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). It is designed to help you learn skills to cope with overwhelming emotions, reduce impulsivity, enhance interpersonal relationships, and ultimately achieve your own ...
The Emotion Regulation Skills Group is an in person, closed group consisting of 8 participants who are 13-17 years of age. It runs for 9 weeks, each session 2 hours in length, and is co-facilitated by two psychologists from our ...
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Psychologist, BA, MEd
Verified Verified
Group meets in Edmonton, AB T5N
The Emotion Regulation Skills Group is an in person, closed group consisting of 8 participants who are 13-17 years of age. It runs for 9 weeks, each session 2 hours in length, and is co-facilitated by two psychologists from our ...
I know the idea of coming to a group session might seem intimidating and or anxiety-provoking. After all who wants to share their story with strangers? Research has shown that group sessions can be very beneficial. In fact, many participants ...
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Counsellor, PM, RN, RPN
Verified Verified
Group meets in Edmonton, AB T5K
I know the idea of coming to a group session might seem intimidating and or anxiety-provoking. After all who wants to share their story with strangers? Research has shown that group sessions can be very beneficial. In fact, many participants ...
24-week DBT program for youth and young adults ages 14-19. Our next intake is September 14. This program consists of a weekly 2-hour skills group plus one therapy session per week and phone coaching. This program will focus on the ...
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Psychologist
Verified Verified
Group meets in Edmonton, AB T5K
24-week DBT program for youth and young adults ages 14-19. Our next intake is September 14. This program consists of a weekly 2-hour skills group plus one therapy session per week and phone coaching. This program will focus on the ...
The Emotion Regulation Skills Group is an in person, closed group consisting of 8 participants who are 13-17 years of age. It runs for 9 weeks, each session 2 hours in length, and is co-facilitated by two psychologists from our ...
![](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/a3683a11-7d4b-4cc1-9f39-be7aee7a50a1/1/320x400.jpeg)
Hosted by Zahra Domingo
Psychologist, MSc
Verified Verified
Group meets in Edmonton, AB T5N
The Emotion Regulation Skills Group is an in person, closed group consisting of 8 participants who are 13-17 years of age. It runs for 9 weeks, each session 2 hours in length, and is co-facilitated by two psychologists from our ...
This is a structured skills training program informed by a therapeutic approach called Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). It is designed to help you learn skills to cope with overwhelming emotions, reduce impulsivity, enhance interpersonal relationships, and ultimately achieve your own ...
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Hosted by Ashley Hertner
Registered Provisional Psychologist, BA, MC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Edmonton, AB T5N
This is a structured skills training program informed by a therapeutic approach called Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). It is designed to help you learn skills to cope with overwhelming emotions, reduce impulsivity, enhance interpersonal relationships, and ultimately achieve your own ...
A 26-week Dialectical Behaviour Therapy program involving individual therapy, group therapy, and phone skills coaching. DBT is helpful for people who have trouble understanding and managing their emotions by developing skills and strategies that allow people to deal with life's ...
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Hosted by Ashley Hertner
Registered Provisional Psychologist, BA, MC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Edmonton, AB T5N
A 26-week Dialectical Behaviour Therapy program involving individual therapy, group therapy, and phone skills coaching. DBT is helpful for people who have trouble understanding and managing their emotions by developing skills and strategies that allow people to deal with life's ...
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Borderline Personality (BPD) Support Groups
What is the most successful approach to treating borderline personality disorder?
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is considered the gold standard of treatment for borderline personality disorder. An evidence-based treatment, it addresses the extreme emotional reactivity, the relationship difficulties, and the acts of self-harm that create so much distress for BPD patients. DBT is a comprehensive program that includes both regular individual psychotherapy sessions and weekly group sessions of skills training.
What happens in treatment of borderline personality disorder?
Treatment typically consists of weekly individual therapy sessions that last an hour and group skill-focused instructional sessions that may last up to two hours. Patients are typically given homework “assignments” in which they are asked to practice in their daily life the skills they acquire in therapy. Patients also keep a diary tracking their emotions and impulses as a way to know which situations are most problematic and to help them gain control over their own behavior. Difficult situations and feelings are typically reviewed in therapy sessions and more constructive solutions found.
What kinds of problems does BPD treatment help with?
DBT was initially developed to dampen the self-destructive impulses of chronically suicidal patients. It is now the treatment of choice for borderline personality disorder, a serious condition marked by extreme emotional reactivity, relationship instability, and self-injurious behaviors. Treatment of BPD helps patients tolerate the flux of emotions without acting on them, often with a specific focus on tolerating negative emotions. DBT addresses the core problems of BPD—fear of abandonment, low self-esteem, and impulsivity.
What is the goal of treatment in borderline personality disorder?
The goal of treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD) is to relieve the extreme emotional distress that patients experience—to curb their emotional reactivity, to minimize their inclination to self-harm, and to reduce their impulsivity. Toward these ends, patients are not only taught an array of new coping skills and techniques for emotional regulation, they are given opportunities to practice them. Another major goal of treatment is interpersonal effectiveness; patients learn and problem-solve ways to effectively communicate in relationships, especially how to ask for what they need as a way to minimize hurt feelings.