Online Teen DBT Skills Group in Pennsylvania
Tools for Tough Emotions: A DBT Skills Group for Teens
2 Offerings: Wednesdays 4P, Friday 5PM
Does it feel like your teen's emotions are too big… or too much for everyone around them? This DBT Skills Group for teens is designed to help your child—and their relationships with family, friends, and peers. This group focuses on teaching evidence-based DBT skills, including mindfulness, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness, that help teens build a life worth living. Each week, we explore and practice actionable, research-backed techniques that teens can use in real life, at school, at home, and everywhere in between.
Come learn skills to manage big emotions, and leave with a supportive peer community and a toolbox of coping strategies that motivate values-based change.
If your teen struggles with intense emotions, impulsive behaviors, or self-harm, this group is for them. DBT skills teach teens not only how to build a healthier relationship with themselves, but also with the people around them. They'll learn how to create and maintain relationships that are fulfilling, respectful, and long-lasting—reducing conflict at home and building confidence with peers.
Your teen will leave each session with new insight into their thoughts, behaviors, and emotions, plus practical skills to explore self-esteem, personal values, and healthy ways of relating to others. If you're looking for a teen DBT group that builds real emotional resilience and encourages your child to become their best self, this group is for them.
This is an ongoing, weekly group for teens
Group Therapist: Erik Osterlund, LAPC
Individuals in Pennsylvania can attend this group
Teen DBT Skills Group FAQs
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This group is for teens who experience big or intense emotions, struggle with impulsive behaviors, or have difficulty managing relationships with family, friends, or peers. It's also appropriate for teens who struggle with self-harm, as part of building a broader toolbox of coping skills.
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No. Your teen doesn't need a diagnosis to benefit from DBT skills. If they struggle with emotional regulation, impulsivity, or conflict in relationships, this group can help regardless of any label.
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DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) skills focus on practical, evidence-based tools, including mindfulness, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. Each week explores real, actionable techniques your teen can use at school, at home, and with peers, not just concepts to think about.
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Both. DBT skills are designed to help teens build a healthier relationship with themselves and with the people around them, teaching them how to reduce conflict at home, build confidence with peers, and create relationships that are respectful and long-lasting.
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This group can be a supportive part of building coping skills for teens who struggle with self-harm. If your teen is in crisis or you have immediate safety concerns, please reach out to us directly before the group's next session so we can make sure they get the right level of support.
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Each week, teens explore and practice DBT skills together in a supportive peer environment, leaving with new insight into their thoughts, behaviors, and emotions, plus concrete tools they can put into practice right away.
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Teens in Pennsylvania can attend this group. They'll need to be physically located in Pennsylvania at the time of the session.
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$50 per session. Superbills are available for potential reimbursement, and Better Minds is a VCAP provider.
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Schedule a free intro meeting with Erik to see if the group is the right fit before joining.
Schedule Your Intro Meeting