Increase you ability to survive a crisis
Have more control over your emotions
Improve your relationships
Be more present
Be less judgmental
What is DBT?
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is an evidence based model of therapy shown to be effective for people struggling with intense emotionality, conflictual relationships, and problematic behaviors.
What are Parents DBT skills?
Mindfulness Skills (Skills for Paying Attention): These skills help you improve focus, increase happiness, reduce suffering and cultivate empathy. Parenting mindfully will improve your relationship with your child, and help you to be less judgmental of yourself as a parent.
Distress Tolerance Skills: Parenting these days is particularly stressful. Many parents are not able to cope with the stress effectively so it manifests as an emotional outburst, or it is suppressed with maladaptive self-soothing (overeating, drinking, smoking, etc). Neither option is helpful, and often leads to more not less stress. Distress tolerance skills teach you to reduce stress and get through a difficult moments without making the situation worse.
Emotion Regulation Skills: These skills teach you to understand and experience emotions more comfortably. The ultimate goal is to give you more control over your emotions rather than feeling like your emotions have control over you.
Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills: With these skills you learn to communicate more effectively with your child so you can each get your needs met without damaging your relationship.
Walking the Middle Path Skills: These skills help parents find the balance between their perspective and their child’s. These skills help parents learn to validate themselves and their children and solve problems in a way that takes everyone’s needs into account.