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DBT Therapy Group

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is is a form of therapy that targets negative thoughts and destructive behaviors and attempts to transform them into more positive outcomes. To learn these skills with a small group of others who struggle with similar issues, you may be interested in the therapy group led by Mr. Stephen Milburn.

DBT teaches you to manage your emotions in the moment. Even ignoring emotions is doing something. It's not bad to ignore thoughts, especially if they're negative. It's a skill. You wouldn't call yourself ill if you could put something out of your head in order to keep it moving to get through the day. This is a mindfulness activity and can help establish self-compassion and acceptance.

An exercise, Mr. Milburn suggests that can keep you emotionally grounded is to "walk with those emotions." Keep track of your thoughts, notice your thoughts, and acknowledge that you're having these thoughts, then let them go. Thoughts tend to recidivate and stay in our heads, like a broken record. If you can acknowledge those thoughts, it makes it easier to move forward and not dwell.

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Although ignoring, if it's not something you do at random or with great frequency, can be a healthy thing too when done properly. It's actually a positive skill to be able to put a negative thought aside on a shelf somewhere in your mind. The key is to acknowledge its presence and be mindful of it, but set it to the side to deal with at a better time. If you can get yourself to a place where this isn't a random or regular behavior, you can become skillful at managing your emotions, and it really doesn't take too much effort.

Just like you would take your car in for an oil change and other general maintenance, or see your family doctor for a wellness check-up, you're MAINTAINING your mental health when you incorporate and practice the skills taught through DBT.

If you would like to learn skills like this, a DBT group led by Mr. Milburn meets here at Psych Choices to help you learn to manage your emotions in a skillful way. The group meets on Monday evenings at 7:00 PM. To participate in this group, please contact our intake department at 610-626-8085 ext. 213. If you are already a patient at Psych Choices, you can mention your interest in this group to the receptionist at your next visit, or take a business card for Mr. Milburn from the waiting room to contact him directly.

Most insurances do cover group therapy for the cost of your regular copayment amount. If you are paying out of pocket,it will be $35.00 per session. Even with insurance, you will not be charged more than $35.00 for a group therapy session.

Women's Health Group - Mondays: Daytime and Evening availability

Diets don't work.

Yet we keep turning to them in search of the elusive “ideal” weight – and we think – happiness.
This therapy group will explore an alternative to gaining and losing and gaining and losing – and gaining – and shaming ourselves and thinking that with enough punishment, we will be rewarded with a beautiful body – and peace and contentment.
If this sounds like you, this group is about learning a very different approach to weight and eating issues that has been shown to be effective – in the long run – without dieting. During this therapy group, you will learn a whole new way to relate to food, and in the process, a different way to relate to yourself and the world.

Some of the themes explored during the group include:

This is a 12-session (24-week) group that requires reading and using the book, "Women, Food, and God", by best-selling author Geneen Roth, someone who has experienced years of gaining and losing weight through every diet known, and has dealt with every eating disorder that exists, before she evolved an approach to her relationship with food that has culminated into this book, and more than 30 years’ work with women with eating issues. We will work together to explore what her approach has to offer, and to support one another in our efforts to learn a different, kinder, and more effective relationship to food – and ourselves.
The cost of each session is $35, or your copay if your insurance covers group therapy, whichever is less.
For more information, please contact: Valerie Glauser, LMFT at 267-240-4662

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If you are struggling with overcoming thoughts of childhood sexual abuse or trauma or are a family member with a loved one who has experienced sexual trauma, it may be difficult to understand and overcome the memories of these experiences. Come and participate with other persons that are struggling and working towards overcoming the stress associated with the traumatic events.

This is an open-ended support and educational therapy group focused on identifying methods of coping and practices that facilitate wellness. The group is facilitated by Kathryn Dobbs, LPC.

Meetings will be held on Saturday afternoon from 12 – 1 PM once sessions begin. Call 610-626-8085 to sign up or if you have questions.
Participation in the group may be covered by most insurances with at most a modest co-payment.