DBT-Informed Skills
A skills-based approach that helps children and teens manage intense emotions, tolerate distress, and build healthier relationships.
Skills for Managing What Feels Overwhelming
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) offers practical skills for managing intense emotions, navigating difficult situations, and strengthening relationships. At Little Waves, DBT-informed skills are integrated into individual therapy in a developmentally appropriate way, helping children and teens build tools they can use in real-life situations.
This may include skills related to mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, depending on the individual's needs and goals.
DBT is based on the belief that you can learn to change even when change feels impossible and that acceptance and growth can happen at the same time.
The Four Core DBT Skill Areas
- Teens with intense emotional reactions
- Emotional dysregulation and frequent mood swings
- Relationship difficulties and interpersonal conflict
- Impulsive behaviour and poor distress tolerance
- Depression and anxiety in teens
- Teens who feel misunderstood or like emotions control them
Little Waves Therapy is not a crisis or DBT-intensive program. If your teen is in crisis, please contact a crisis line or emergency services.
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