Couples DBT Fast Track Boot Camp
This program is designed to teach skills that increase the ability to build mend, and cope effectively in intimate relationships. After a brief awareness exercise, there will be homework review and questions, followed by teaching of new material.
Required reading by Alan Fruzzetti's The High-Conflict Couple: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy, and Validation will be provided. Session length is 90 minutes.
Sessions are Thursdays from 4:15-5:45 p.m.
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Class 1
Introduction, Goals
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Why? Why now?
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Establish safety
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Identify and reduce invalidation
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Rebuild relationships
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Increase accurate expression
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Increase validation
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Problem management
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Transform conflict into closeness
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Acceptance & engagement
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Class 2
Safety, Wisdom,
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Choosing a state of mind to promote safety, and wisdom with balance
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Learn skills to overcome the anxiety of learning new behavior & doing things differently.
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Class 3
Emotional Choices, Behavioral Change
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Target Emotional Dysregulation
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Learn how to control type, frequency, intensity, & duration of emotions
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Class 4
Behavioral Change
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Learn to change unwanted, destructive, or ineffective reactions to events
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Class 5
Invalidation, Deescalation, Connectedness
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Reduce resentment
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Learn skills to overcome invalidation
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Class 6
Interpersonal Integrity, Recovering from Invalidation
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Identify and Hold on to values
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Receive information without defensiveness
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Separating identity from others’ perceptions
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Class 7
Building Relationships, Gratitude, Forgiveness
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Let go of anger about what should/could be/have been
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Transform Anger into compassion
![Cliffs and Ocean](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/db2ddb9ac30840ecac5273e8221884ef.jpg/v1/fill/w_75,h_50,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Cliffs%20and%20Ocean.jpg)
Class 8
Accurate Expression, Be Heard, Get Needs Met
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Learn how to be heard without escalating
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Learn how to be heard without compromising your values
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Class 9
Radical Acceptance
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Get over feeling stuck while waiting for things to change
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Class 10
Dialectical Problem Management
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Combat All or nothing thinking
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Think in terms of 'getting' vs. ‘giving up’
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Lead by example
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Class 11
Relationship Mindfulness
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Change your focus
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Learn to not take someone for Granted
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Class 12
Putting It All Together
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The big picture from acceptance (admitting what is) to zest (enthusiastic enjoyment)