Personality Disorder Treatment for Young Adults in New York City & Washington, D.C.

Group therapy types may include

• DBT Group: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (“DBT”) is an evidence-based, cognitive behavioral treatment that provides individuals with new skills to manage painful emotions and decrease conflict in relationships. DBT specifically focuses on providing therapeutic skills in four key areas, mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.

• Social Skills Group: A group dedicated to improving social interaction skills and understanding interpersonal dynamics. Participants can practice managing social anxiety, developing healthy relationships, setting boundaries, and engaging in role-playing exercises. Awareness and insight into social behavior is emphasized

• Relationship Group: A space for exploring issues that group members experience in romantic, familial, vocational, peer, or other relationships. Themes that are covered include codependency, intimacy and attachment to set the foundation for creating and maintaining healthy relationships.

• Urge Surfing: A group geared toward individuals who experience various addictive or maladaptive behaviors, including self-harm behaviors, eating disorders, sex & love, gambling, lying, shopping, porn, gaming & internet addiction. Clients receive psychoeducation on this topic, engage in process-based discussions, and utilize diary cards, behavior chain analysis, behavioral skills to explore relationships with addictive behaviors as a group.

• Mindfulness/Meditation Group: This group teaches clients to transform their relationship with their emotions and thoughts, moving from a space of reaction to response. Using a multidisciplinary approach, members are taught a variety of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) techniques and breathing exercises to find presence in every moment. Group members explore techniques and principles to build resilience and are encouraged to utilize skills in daily life outside The Dorm. Didactic by design, this group is expanded from the first module of DBT.