DBT for Trauma Group
combining principles of DBT with skills and education about trauma
About this Group
This virtual group combines principles and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) with psychoeducation about the neuroscience of trauma. Traditional DBT Skills Group modules of Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance and Interpersonal Effectiveness are followed, though an emphasis is placed on supporting and understanding coping skills through the trauma brain. The group is designed to help clients learn coping skills while also moving toward an understanding that intrusive thoughts, suppressed or intensified emotional responses, and defense mechanisms all develop as part of a journey of survival.
Group Details
Meeting Time.
This group runs on Mondays from 5:30-6:30pm for 8-week modules. The entire group includes three modules: Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance and Interpersonal Effectiveness. It’s recommended to complete all modules, though each can be completed independently.
Location.
This group runs virtually through a secure video platform.
Rates.
The cost of this group is $320 for each 8-week module ($40/session). Payment is due in weekly installments.
Participants.
This group is for adults 18 and older. Participants are asked to complete the Mindfulness for Trauma group as a prerequisite.
Lorrie Johnson, LCSW
Meet your group facilitator, Lorrie Johnson! Lorrie is a co-owner of Sustainable Wellness and is passionate about helping people overcome and move through past and present hardship. Lorrie’s therapeutic style is from a humanistic, trauma-focused lens. She holds space with her clients, meeting them where they are, while also offering compassion, validation, and strength-based interventions that are backed by experience and research. It humbles Lorrie every day to witness the incredible healing process of those who thought it was impossible.