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DBTeens is an entirely online 12-week intensive outpatient mental health treatment program (IOP) for youth ages 12-18. Our experienced staff is committed to offering an innovative treatment option to young people in New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont. We recognize that many teens need more service per week than an individual therapy session, yet don’t require psychiatric hospitalization. DBTeens offers up to 16+ hours per week of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) treatment online AT HOME.
Our 12-week IOP program is aimed at helping teens learn how to deal with dangerous action urges or thoughts, improve awareness of their own needs and emotions, better regulate emotions and moods, and express themselves more effectively when communicating with other people.
DBTeens offers a comprehensive DBT course of treatment plus extras. Many teens struggle with using coping skills taught in individual and group sessions. We eliminate that problem by offering several opportunities to practice skill usage with the group or individually. We provide parents or an adult partner with their own skills coach who can help the adults in a teen’s life better understand their teen’s emotional needs and become more skilled responders to their child.
A typical week of participation in DBTeens includes the following
DELIVERED AFTER SCHOOL HOURS SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY:
- Weekly Individual Therapy Session, addressing target behaviors using a diary card and behavioral chain analysis (50-minutes)
- Daily Meetings, Sunday through Thursday from 4:30 – 8 PM, to develop skills in emotional regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, walking the middle path, and mindfulness, complete the behavioral tracking tool (diary card) to the treatment team, and participate in a various activities (mindfulness, music, mindful movement, and art) before bed (3+ hours) including:
- Weekly Skills Training Group, for teens to learn, with their adult partners, DBT skills (90-minutes)
- Two Group Skills Coaching Sessions per week, to help hone and generalize skills taught in other groups (75-minutes each)
- Weekly Skills Training Group, for parent(s)/adult partners to also learn skills in the areas of mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness (90-minutes)
- Weekly Caregiver Skills Coaching Session, for parents/adult partners to help respond to teen’s behavior/needs within the DBT framework (40-minutes)
Our goal is to offer teens and families the guidance and support they need to be successful. We believe the best way to do this is through short bursts of treatment every day so that they can master the content over the course of three months. We work hard to ensure that teens not only learn the DBT skills, but also practice them daily.
Comments From Teens Who Completed DBTeens:
How Did Participating in DBTeens Effect Your Life?
A second chance at life.
Growth, Comfort, Reliability, Stability, Family
This program has helped me so much, it got me out of a dark place.
Five Words: Inspiring, Stability, Calming, Helpful, & Supportive
Growth, Ensuring, Courage
Safe, Home, Understood, Validation, Love
Statement of Inclusivity
DBT for You is committed to providing a safe space and respectful treatment to all people. We aim to meet the needs of youth of all genders, races, religions, and sexual orientations. Clients who participate in services at DBT for You understand this statement of inclusivity, and agree to treat all staff and other participants with kindness.