DBT Skills Class: Friends & Family
Weekly materials, handouts, and Zoom link for our online skills course for friends and family members supporting a loved one. The course runs in two 8-week parts.
Course Handouts
Download and print the handouts for the current half of the course.
Part I
DBT Skills for Friends and Family
Foundations: biosocial model, mindfulness, dialectics, GIVE, FAST, DEAR MAN, and more. Covers weeks 1–8 of Part I.
Download Part I Handouts (PDF) Part II
DBT Skills for Friends and Family — Part II
Deeper practice: advanced mindfulness, middle path, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and long-term integration. Covers weeks 1–8 of Part II.
Download Part II Handouts (PDF)Join Class on Zoom
Class Meeting Link
FRTC DBT Skills Classroom
Before you join
- 1 You will need to be logged into a Zoom account to join the class. Please create one if you do not have one already.
- 2 Try to join several minutes before your class begins. After clicking the link, you will join a waiting room.
- 3 Please stay in the waiting room until an instructor allows you to enter.
- 4 You must change your Zoom display name to the name you used when signing up for the class. This is how the instructor will know to let you in.
Weekly Schedule
Part I
Foundations (8 weeks)
Week 1 Skills Training Assumptions and Biosocial Model
Week 2 Understanding Emotions
Week 3 Mindfulness: States of Mind and Non-Judgmentalness
Week 4 Dialectics and Balancing Priorities in Relationships
Week 5 GIVE and Validation
Week 6 FAST and DEAR MAN
Week 7 Behavior Change Basics
Week 8 Acceptance and Willingness
Part II
Deeper Practice (8 weeks)
Week 1 Mindfulness II: Observing & Describing Reality
Week 2 Dialectics II: Walking the Middle Path
Week 3 Distress Tolerance I: Crisis Survival Skills (TIPP)
Week 4 Distress Tolerance II: Tolerating and Accepting Distress
Week 5 Emotion Regulation I: Self-Care with PLEASE
Week 6 Emotion Regulation II: Opposite Action
Week 7 Emotion Regulation III: Building a Life Worth Living (ABC)
Week 8 Putting It All Together
Questions About the Course?
Reach out if you need help with enrollment or have questions about the class materials.