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DBT Skills Groups in Louisville, KY

DBT skills groups at Wise Mind Behavioral Health in Louisville, Kentucky, provide a structured setting for learning and practicing coping skills alongside others. Adult and adolescent groups focus on applying DBT skills to emotions, relationships and everyday challenges.
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At a glance

How groups work

Groups include 4–8 participants and meet for 90-minute sessions. Skills training covers mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness. Adolescent DBT-A also includes Walking the Middle Path.

Group size

4–8 people

Session length

90 minutes

All modules

24 weeks

Typical treatment

2 cycles, 48 weeks

Adults

Adult and Young Adult DBT Skills Groups

Skills modules

  • Mindfulness: Teaches clients to live ‘here and now’ and not stay in the past or worry about the future.
  • Emotion Regulation: Teaches clients how to detect and reflect a person’s emotions without judgment and determine what role those emotions play in our bodies and minds.
  • Interpersonal Effectiveness: Teaches clients to ask for what they need from themselves and others while keeping calm if things don’t go as desired.
  • Distress Tolerance: Teaches clients how to tolerate strong emotions that usually send the person into a whirlwind of emotions and thoughts, often leading to destructive behaviors.

Available groups

ADHD, BPD and/or Level 1 Autism

Young Adult Neurodivergent

Tuesdays, 4:45–6:15pm
Currently accepting new clients
Therapist or prescriber referral required.

Adolescents

Adolescent DBT-A Skills Groups

Skills modules

  • Mindfulness: Teaches clients to live ‘here and now’ and not stay in the past or worry about the future.
  • Emotion Regulation: Teaches clients how to detect and reflect a person’s emotions without judgment and determine what role those emotions play in our bodies and minds.
  • Interpersonal Effectiveness: Teaches clients to ask for what they need from themselves and others while keeping calm if things don’t go as desired.
  • Distress Tolerance: Teaches clients how to tolerate strong emotions that usually send the person into a whirlwind of emotions and thoughts, often leading to destructive behaviors.
  • Walking the Middle Path: Addresses issues that arise within the family that can undermine treatment. It emphasizes dialectics, validation and behavior change, teaching caregivers and their adolescents the skills needed to decrease conflict

Available groups

Ages 15–18

Level 1 Autism

Mondays, 4:00–5:30pm

Ages 15–18

DBT-A group

Wednesdays, 4:45–6:15pm

Ages 13–14

DBT-A group

Thursdays, 4:00–5:30pm
Therapist or prescriber referral required. All clients must be in weekly individual DBT therapy in addition to skills group if suicidal ideation or self-harm is present.

Commitment

Length of treatment

The length to complete all modules is 24 weeks. Clients typically need 2 cycles of skills, totaling 48 weeks. Evidence-based research shows that the typical length of effective treatment is 1 year.

This may be shorter or longer depending on myriad factors, which will be discussed at intake and throughout treatment to determine the best course for each individual.

Cost

Fees and payment

Ask about DBT skills group referrals, current availability and payment options. A therapist or prescriber referral is required. The listed fee is $75 per session, billed as $450 per six-week module. Contact the practice to confirm current fees and enrollment details.

Per 6-week module

$450

  • Ask about a payment plan or sliding-scale options. Limited sliding-scale slots are available.

Insurance

Not accepted

  • Fees for all groups are billed at the start of each 6-week module. Ask about a payment plan or sliding-scale options. Limited sliding-scale slots are available. For more information, contact Amy directly at WisemindBHL@gmail.com