Teen DBT® Skills Classes
Teen DBT Skills classes teach adolescents aged 11-17 skills that will boost their self confidence, improve their well-being, and help them build resilience for life.
The Power of Teen DBT® Skills Classes
Are you worried about your teen’s struggles with negative feelings, unhealthy coping, 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 and pre-teens aged 11 to 17.
Whether your adolescent 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.
“DBT teaches skills that everyone can benefit from, wish it were a course in high school! If you’ve had traditional cognitive therapy in the past you will find that DBT is different; it really helps you develop a tool box of skills that can be used in everyday life.”
— Laura
Additional Service: Transformative Teen RO-DBT® Skills Class for High Schoolers
RO-DBT® is short for Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy®. This special therapeutic approach is an effective treatment for helping teens manage excessive self-control. High school aged 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. In the 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 will help your teen identify which treatment would be the most effective option based on their self-control tendencies.
Our Rates for Teen Skills Classes
Our affordable Teen Skills Classes are only $80 per week.
Classes are in-person, offered in our convenient Spicewood Springs Road office.
Call us and we’ll help you select the Skills Class most appropriate for your teen or family.
512-817-0574 512-817-2182
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 clinician to help them navigate difficult situations at home in a supportive environment with other parents and family members.
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In-Person Parent Skills Class
We also 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 is required ($180).
Cost: $70 per week for one parent, $120 per week for both parents.
Our teen skills classes take place at our convenient office location
Austin DBT Associates
4601 Spicewood Springs Rd
Bldg III, Suite 100
Austin, Tx 78759
What To Expect in our Skills Classes
If your adolescent joins a group skills class, a group orientation session may occur before starting the group. This is to orient them on the expectations of the group and what is required of them. By preparing them for these skills training, teens will get the most out of their treatment.