DBT Group Therapy in Melbourne
Learn practical skills to manage emotions, improve relationships and respond more effectively to distress.
Fullarton Clinic’s DBT Skills Group is an intensive six-month program designed to help you develop practical skills to manage emotions, improve relationships and respond more effectively to distress.
Based on Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), the program focuses on practical skills you can learn and use in everyday life.
You’ll develop skills to manage overwhelming emotions, reduce impulsive behaviours, improve relationships and respond more effectively during difficult situations.
Delivered face to face at Fullarton Clinic in Melbourne, the DBT Skills Group provides a structured, supportive and professionally facilitated group environment.
Sessions are held weekly, giving you the opportunity to learn and practise DBT skills and build on them throughout the six-month program.
Develop practical skills to manage emotions, relationships and difficult situations.
What is Dialectical Behaviour Therapy?
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is a structured form of therapy focused on developing practical skills to help you manage emotions, respond to distress and improve relationships.
Rather than focusing only on talking about challenges, DBT therapy helps you learn and practise skills that can support how you respond to difficult situations in everyday life.
DBT can help you develop skills to:
- Manage overwhelming emotions
- Reduce impulsive behaviours
- Improve relationships
- Tolerate distress more effectively
- Build mindfulness skills
- Create positive change
Build skills to feel more in control and create positive change.
What You Can Gain From DBT Therapy
Learn practical skills to manage emotions, navigate relationships and respond more effectively to difficult situations.
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Manage Emotions
Develop practical skills to recognise and manage overwhelming emotions.
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Reduce Impulsive Behaviours
Learn ways to pause and respond differently when emotions are intense.
3
Improve Relationships
Build skills to communicate more effectively and strengthen relationships.
4
Tolerate Distress
Develop practical ways to manage distress during difficult situations.
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Build Mindfulness Skills
Learn to notice your thoughts, emotions and experiences with greater awareness.
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Create Positive Change
Use the skills you develop to support positive change in your day-to-day life.
DBT can help you develop practical ways to manage difficult emotions and respond differently when things feel overwhelming.
Is the DBT Skills Group Right for me?
DBT therapy may be suitable if intense emotions, behaviours or relationship difficulties are affecting your day-to-day life.
The DBT Skills Group may be suitable if you experience:
- Intense or overwhelming emotions
- Difficulties in relationships
- Impulsive behaviours
- Self-destructive coping patterns
- Difficulty managing distress
- Feeling overwhelmed during challenging situations
- Difficulty regulating your emotional responses
- Wanting practical skills to help you feel more in control
Build practical skills to manage emotions, relationships and distress in everyday life.
What to Expect From the DBT Skills Group
A structured weekly group program focused on learning and practising practical DBT skills in a supportive environment.
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Professionally facilitated weekly Group Program
Intensive DBT Skills Program
Ancillary support services such as Pathology
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) in Melbourne
Fullarton Clinic’s DBT Skills Group Day Program is delivered face to face at our private psychiatric hospital in Epping, Melbourne.
Our purpose-built spaces provide a comfortable and respectful environment where you can take part in structured group sessions while continuing to live at home and stay connected with your day-to-day life.
During the DBT Skills Group, you’ll take part in weekly sessions focused on learning and practising practical skills to manage emotions, tolerate distress, improve relationships and build mindfulness skills.
Your DBT Skills Group Program Details
Fullarton Clinic’s DBT Skills Group is delivered face to face at our private psychiatric hospital in Epping, Melbourne.
The six-month intensive program provides a structured, supportive and professionally facilitated group environment, with sessions held each Tuesday from 9.00 am–3.00 pm.
Referral Pathway
How to Get a Referral
You do not need to have previously been a patient at Fullarton Clinic to access our Day Programs.
If you are new to Fullarton Clinic, speak with your GP about a referral to a Psychiatrist at Fullarton Clinic. Our team can also help you understand the next steps.
If you have recently completed inpatient treatment at Fullarton Clinic, speak with your treating team about whether the DBT Skills Group may be appropriate for your ongoing care. They can coordinate a referral with your treating Psychiatrist.
Funding
Day Programs are generally funded through private health insurance.
We recommend checking with your health fund to confirm your cover for hospital-based psychiatric services. Our team can also help you understand your eligibility and any potential out-of-pocket costs.
Ready to get started?
To learn more about the DBT Skills Group Program, call 1300 377 464 or complete the enquiry form below.