About Us
Welcome to DBT with Friends, your community for embracing the transformative power of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). Whether you're new to DBT or an experienced practitioner, we're excited to accompany you toward emotional well-being.
Everyone possesses the capacity for change. We believe in the power of compassion, understanding, and the strength of community in fostering this change. It's not just about learning skills - it's about creating connections that support each other through life's complex chapters.
DBT with Friends is a unique space dedicated to the teaching and learning of DBT skills. Our group serves as a supportive and nurturing community that thrives on sharing experiences, lessons, and personal stories while helping one another navigate the ups and downs of life.
Here, you will access resources exploring DBT's core modules – mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. As we venture together through these therapeutic skills, we will deepen our understanding of ourselves, strengthen our relationships, and find better ways to handle challenging situations.
DBT with Friends is a peer-led support group not intended to replace therapy. Instead, we encourage members to work with therapists one-on-one. A full-fledged DBT program can be LIFECHANGING, and we’re happy to help connect people to local programs and resources, especially programs for DBT in Utah. DBT with Friends came about by individuals who graduated from DBT programs and wanted to share those foundational skills with their friends to continue creating a life worth living.
While we are based in Salt Lake City, Utah, we believe we can help you create an effective conscious community wherever you are located with our peer-to-peer training program.
We're eager to accompany you on your journey in DBT. Let's learn, grow, and thrive together!
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What is DBT?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy that combines standard cognitive-behavioral techniques for emotion regulation and reality-testing with concepts of mindful awareness, distress tolerance, and acceptance largely derived from Buddhist meditative practice. The goal of DBT is to help individuals live in the moment, develop healthy ways to cope with stress, regulate their emotions, and improve their relationships with others.
A key aspect of DBT is the balance between acceptance and change, which is what the term 'dialectical' refers to. These skills emphasize validation and encourages individuals that their feelings and behaviors are understandable within their personal context, while also promoting behavioral change.
What We Do
Skills Groups
DBT with Friends strives to create a community for those interested in learning, practicing, and reinforcing DBT skills. It is not a replacement for therapy, but rather a tool for reinforcing skills learned in therapy and to be used in conjunction with therapy.
Training
DBT skills groups are small by design in order to keep groups intimate. If you are interested in joining a group, but do not currently have access -- we encourage you to create your own! We provide training for new group leaders to help them get started.
Create Conscious Community
At DBT with Friends, we're dedicated to helping others learn and access tools to improve their lives and create conscious community. It's an experiment, and we're learning as we go.
Please reach out with questions, concerns, and to collaborate! We look forward to hearing from you.