DBT Skills Group for Black Women | Tuesdays | 6pm to 7:30pm | Online
Many Black women face the daily challenge of navigating the intersections of their various identities, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual/affectational orientation, age, national origin, physical ability, health, physical characteristics, religion, education, and socioeconomic class. This daily challenge to navigate occurs within oppressive and invalidating environments that can take a major toll on one's functioning and sense of self. If you're a Black woman and would like the opportunity to learn new ways to cope with the cognitive, emotional, physical, and relational impact of daily oppression and the opportunity to learn how to live a more full and effective life, this DBT Skills Group might be for you. Dialectical Behavior Therapy is focused on helping individuals learn coping and life skills to improve functioning and fulfillment and increase self-awareness and self-care. Skills group is comprised of three 10-week modules: emotion regulation (understanding and managing emotions), distress tolerance (surviving crisis and intense emotions healthily), and interpersonal effectiveness (improving assertiveness and boundary-setting). The core skill of mindfulness (improving non-judgmental awareness and acceptance of the present moment) is taught as part of each module. This group is appropriate for Black women ages 18+. New group members may join the group at any time during a module.
*Tuesday's DBT for Black Women's group is co-facilitated by Clerissa Cooper, MS, LPC, SEP, CPCS and Winter Foddrell, LPC.
**Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation begin April 1, 2025
Mindfulness and Interpersonal Effectiveness begin June 24, 2025
Mindfulness and Distress Tolerance begin September 9, 2025
DBT Skills Group for BIPOC Adults | Thursdays | 11:30am to 1pm | Online
Dialectical Behavior Therapy is focused on helping individuals learn coping and life skills to improve functioning and fulfillment and to increase self-awareness and self-care. Skills group is comprised of three 10-week modules: emotion regulation (understanding and managing emotions), distress tolerance (surviving crisis and intense emotions healthily), and interpersonal effectiveness (improving assertiveness and boundary-setting). The core skill of mindfulness (improving non-judgmental awareness and acceptance of the present moment) is taught as part of each module. This group is appropriate for adults 18 and up who identify as Black, Indigenous, a Person of Color, and/or a Person of the Global Majority. New group members may join the group at any time during a module.
*Thursday's DBT Skills Group for BIPOC Adults is facilitated by Clerissa Cooper, MS, LPC, SEP, CPCS
**4-Week Intro to DBT begins May 1, 2025 (a special and limited offering)
Mindfulness and Distress Tolerance begin June 26, 2025
Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation begin September 11, 2025
Mindfulness and Interpersonal Effectiveness begin September 9, 2025