Bradley Outpatient Services

Mindful Teens Skill Group

The Mindful Teen Skills Group is a 14-week multi-family skills-based group utilizing a dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) informed approach. The group aims to help individuals effectively manage their emotional experiences to live healthier and more satisfying lives.

Group is intended for teens ages 13 to 18 years old (attending grades 8 to 12) who are participating in weekly or biweekly individual therapy. Group meets weekly in person. At least one caregiver is expected to participate along with their teen to review skills and support the use of skills outside of group sessions.

Each week, teens and their caregivers meet together to learn and practice new skills in the following areas:

• Mindfulness: Being present in the moment.
• Emotion Regulation: Understanding emotions and building pleasant experiences and emotions.
• Distress Tolerance: Coping with extreme emotions and managing urges to engage in behaviors that are life-threatening and/or make difficult situations worse.
• Interpersonal Effectiveness: Navigating relationships to confidently assert one’s needs and manage conflict while maintaining respect for yourself and others.
• Walking the Middle Path: Teen and parents learn how to validate one another, compromise and negotiate, and see the other’s perspective.

Facilitators:

• Melissa McWilliams, PhD
• Amy Kaye, PhD

For more information or to register, call Bradley Hospital’s Outpatient Department at 401-432-1119 or email bradleygroups@brownhealth.org.

Register for the outpatient group

Download the Mindful Teen DBT Program enrollment/referral form