DBT Skills Classes for Teens
Teen DBT Skills classes teach children 11-17 skills that will boost their self confidence, improve their well-being, and help them build resilience for life.
The Power of DBT Skills Classes for Teens
Are you worried about your teen’s struggles with negative feelings, unhealthy coping mechanisms, or difficult relationships?
Our Teen DBT Skills class can help them build resilience for life. Our classes teach essential skills that aren’t taught in school— like mindfulness, emotion regulation, and managing stress.
Austin DBT Associates is Texas’ leading provider of DBT therapy. We offer affordable group classes for teens aged 11 to 17.
Whether your teen is facing mental health challenges or just wants to improve their wellbeing, DBT skills is gift that will last forever.
Requirements to Participate in DBT Skills For Adolescents
Our Teen DBT® Skills Classes for ages 11–17 are part of our fully adherent DBT® program. Participation requires that each teen or pre-teen have an individual therapist and maintain ongoing therapy throughout the program to support continuity of care. Teens or pre-teens are also available to adolescents working with clinicians outside of our practice.
Additional Service: Transformative RO-DBT Skills Class for High School Teens
RO-DBT is short for Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy®. RO-DBT is an effective treatment for helping people manage excessive self-control. Teens who may benefit from RO-DBT are often high-achieving and perfectionistic students who hide or mask their emotions in front of others.
This class is the only RO-DBT group available to high school aged teens in Austin, TX. In this class, teens will learn skills to increase openness, flexibility, and social connectedness. Many people who struggle to manage their emotions can identify with both DBT and RO-DBT and may even vacillate between over- and under-self-control.
A clinician can help your teen identify which treatment would be the most effective option based on their self-control tendencies.
DBT® Parent or Family Online Skills Class
Learning to apply the same skills that your loved ones are learning in DBT® treatment improves treatment outcomes. This is because parents and other family members are empowered to model and reinforce effective behavior at home.
We are proud to introduce a one-hour, weekly online class that will introduce parents and other family members to the basics of DBT®, including skills from all four modules taught in our standard DBT® skills classes: core mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance. Parents and other family members will receive guidance from a licensed DBT clinician to help them navigate difficult situations at home in a supportive environment with other parents and family members.
Our Rates for Teen DBT Skills Classes
Our affordable DBT Skills Classes for Teens are only $80 per week.
Classes are offered in person at our convenient office on Spicewood Springs Road.
Call us, and we’ll help you select the Skills Class most appropriate for your teen or family.
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In-Person Parent Skills Class
We offer a 12-week parent skills class led by Marcy Musgrave. This group is ideal for parents of children aged 7-17, particularly those who may already be attending our DBT adolescent groups.
- When: Monday evenings, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM (In-person)
- Initial Assessment: A 90-minute initial assessment session is required ($180).
Cost: $70 per week for one parent, $120 per week for both parents.
What To Expect in our DBT Skills Classes for Adolescents
If you choose to participate in group skills class, a group orientation session may occur prior to beginning the group. This is to orient you on the expectations of the experience and what is required of you. By preparing you for these skills training, you will get the most out of your treatment.