FOR CLIENTS, FRIENDS & FAMILY

Resources

Explore our classes and workshops designed to enhance your personal growth and support your journey. Whether you’re not quite ready for therapy or you’re seeking complementary resources to enrich your or a loved one’s counseling experience, we have something for everyone. Scroll down to discover more or click below for the complete list of upcoming offerings!

DBT Family & Friends Classes

Originally developed for family and friends of individuals in our DBT program, we have enhanced our program to include classes, small group sessions, and personalized coaching. Our expanded curriculum aims to provide additional support for loved ones seeking to deepen their understanding, strengthen connections, and effectively support individuals struggling with BPD or other emotion dysregulation challenges.

6-Week Virtual Workshops:
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For Family & Friends

DBT Skills Workshop

Participants will learn foundational mindfulness techniques, interpersonal effectiveness strategies to improve communication and conflict resolution, and emotion regulation methods to understand and manage both personal and others’ emotional responses. The course concludes with practical tools for increasing distress tolerance and applying Radical Acceptance to minimize suffering. 

Parenting Workshop

Raising and Validating our Children

Designed for parents and caregivers of children aged 12 years or younger, participants will explore contemporary parenting strategies compared to past approaches, focusing on the core needs of children and fostering a positive mindset. The course covers practical problem-solving techniques, mindfulness, validation, and resilience. Key topics include understanding emotions, setting boundaries, and creating a safe, validating environment. The workshop emphasizes the importance of self-care and managing self-defeating thoughts

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Get the DBT Skills Workbook

Featuring more than 225 user-friendly handouts and worksheets, this is an essential resource for clients learning dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills. Originally developed to treat borderline personality disorder, DBT has been demonstrated effective in treatment of a wide range of psychological and emotional problems.

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The 7 Most Confusing Behavior Patterns of BPD

This FREE guide explains the science behind why your BPD person behaves the way they do—even when that behavior may be harmful to themselves and others.

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Getting Started With Therapy

Whether you’re making a referral or you are ready to become a client yourself, we’ll help you to get started.

Because everyone’s situations and needs are different, we customize the onboarding of each new client. We’ll have you fill out a brief online form and we’ll reach out to get you or your referral client informed and scheduled for the first session.