Mondays | 5:30pm to 7:00pm
6-months | 90 minutes
LOCATION
Portland DBT InstituteZoom Video Communications
5100 S Macadam Ave, Suite 350
Portland, OR 97239
If you are interested in this group, or any services with PDBTI, please fill out our electronic Interest Form.
GROUP DESCRIPTION
Skills Training for Parents and Caregivers is structured more like a class than a psychotherapy group. Participants learn evidence based skills and find ways to problem solve using lecture, discussion, and most importantly, practice. Topics follow the format of our skills groups for current PDBTI clients and will include:
- mindfulness and acceptance
- stress management and support of others in managing their stress
- balancing expression of emotions with emotional control
- validation and other effective communication skills
- education about the biosocial model and DBT in general
- skills for shaping and managing behaviors
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This group is open to people who have either attended a Friends and Family Workshop and want to learn more, are parents/caregivers of current clients attending Young Adult skills training at Portland DBT Institute, or are parents/caregivers of adult children living in the family home. Individuals in the group will leave the group being able to better understand what their loved one is learning, how they can be of support, and will learn skills useful for their own lives.
WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP TO GETTING STARTED?
If you are interested in this group, or any services with PDBTI, please fill out our electronic Interest Form.
For general information about the group, contact group leader, Brian Comer, at bcomer@pdbti.org or at (503)-290-3269.
For registration, insurance, and billing questions, please contact our Intake Team at referral@pdbti.org or (503) 290-3291.
We ask all individuals who wish to participate in services at Portland DBT Institute to complete an intake session in order to review goals of group, answers questions about the group process, create a brief treatment plan, and answer questions about billing and insurance procedures.
