Teen Grant
Free Teen Skills Group
Skills group for handling emotions, stress and relationships
(adapted from Marsha Linehan’s Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
We will be running groups at the high school, middle school, Boys and Girls Club, and Mt. Tallac. Ask for a referral from your assigned school counselor or agency leader.
In this group, participants will learn:
- How to manage stress and overwhelm
- Helpful ways to handle big emotions
- Skills for effective family, friend and romantic relationships
- How to calm the body & mind down through mindfulness
This group will benefit all teens, but can be particularly helpful for teens who:
- Have stress management difficulties
- Experience emotion dysregulation
- Have experienced adverse life events or trauma
- Have difficulty with interpersonal relationships
- Exhibit impulsive behaviors
- Have urges to self-harm
- Use avoidant coping strategies
- Have symptoms of depression and/or anxiety
- Utilize substances to cope with struggles
Groups requires an 9-week commitment.
Note that this group is a psycho-educational group and designed to build skills in participants. It differs from a therapy group in that it focuses on learning new skills and developing more productive ways to manage uncomfortable emotions. It is not a therapy group.
If you are interested in signing your teen up for individual or family DBT-I therapy, please ask for a referral from their assigned school counselor to access our free therapy services.
You can call our offices at (530) 544-1748 or email office@abalancedlifetahoe.com with additional questions.
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