DBT Skills for
Friends and Family

If you’re seeking help, chances are the why you have been relating to your loved one just isn’t working. We can offer an alternative, counter-intuitive approach to interpersonal relationships and how to interact with people that is more likely to get you what you want. Balancing competing needs can be hard- do we prioritize the relationship, or our self-respect? How should we respond when someone is hurtful? How do we make sure we aren’t unintentionally reinforcing bad behavior? By changing the way you think about and relate to people, we can offer a better way.

Often, our own emotions get in the way of being effective. When others engage in hurtful or scary behavior, how do we maintain our cool? How do acknowledge and validate your own emotions, without letting them control you? In this course, you’ll learn both short and long term strategies to regulate your emotions, and stay effective.

There will always be some difficult things you can’t change. Some events can’t be undone, some people are unlikely to change, and some problems just can’t be fixed. Learning to spot, and then accept, that which we cannot change is a valuable skill, that can help you become “unstuck” from old patterns, and unburden you from impossible goals that only lead to disappointment.