Taming Intense Emotions: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills Group

Led by Sharon Younkin, LICSW

Sharon Younkin, LICSW

Length of Workshop: weekly for six months

Time and Dates: Tuesdays, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Starting September 27th

Location: RICBT, East Providence

Seminar Description: Some people are disconnected from their feelings, while others are flooded by intense emotions. Both ways of experiencing emotion cause major difficulties when facing life’s challenges. RICBT will be offering a three part series in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for men and women who would like to learn how to effectively cope with emotion.

Life has pain and difficulties. However, when effective coping skills are lacking, these painful twists and turns lead to suffering and ineffective behaviors such as substance abuse, avoidance and emotional withdrawal, self-harm, overeating, and depression. Marsha Linehan, Ph.D., developed and researched DBT over the last 30 years to give individuals a set of tools for emotional resiliency. With the guidance of the group therapist, participants of this group series will experience, communicate and modulate emotions effectively. They will also work to tolerate distress, solve difficult problems in their lives and regulate unproductive impulsive behaviors. Step-by-step, group members will acquire a repertoire of coping skills to build a better life.

Cost: $1200. Many insurances are accepted. Please call for details.

Required book: The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook:  Practical DBT exercises for learning mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance, by M. McKay, J. Wood, and J. Brantley. (2007).  May be purchased at RICBT at first group meeting ($22)

To Register: Please call 401.294.0451 email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .