Our Skills-Based Approaches programs are designed to help you build practical tools for navigating emotions, managing urges, and supporting recovery. Many people with eating disorders use disordered behaviors to cope with overwhelming or confusing feelings. Whether you tend to shut down, feel out of control, or struggle to identify your emotions, these programs offer a structured, supportive space to build emotional awareness and regulation. Drawing from evidence-based practices like Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), you’ll learn coping skills that promote stability, reduce distress, and strengthen your recovery. Through guided exercises and real-life applications, we focus on shifting from reactive patterns to intentional responses. These skills not only support day-to-day resilience, but also lay the groundwork for long-term emotional and behavioral change.

NO DIAGNOSIS REQUIRED • ALL PROGRAMS ARE FREE

Learn practical tools to help you understand and manage emotions without turning to harmful coping strategies. You'll learn how emotions work, how to recognize them early, and how to build resilience and increase positive experiences.

DBT Workshop #2

Distress Tolerance

Facilitator: Jessica Sauerwein

Introduction of DBT-based strategies for getting through painful emotional moments. You'll learn grounding techniques, distraction tools, and self-soothing practices to help you stay steady when emotions feel overwhelming.

DBT Workshop #3

Interpersonal Effectiveness

Facilitator: Jessica Sauerwein

A focus on building healthy communication and relationship skills to support your recovery. You'll learn how to ask for support, set boundaries, and maintain self-respect in challenging interactions.

DBT Workshop #4

Distress Tolerance

Facilitator: Jessica Sauerwein

Introduces mindfulness practices to help you reconnect with the present moment and your own experience. You'll learn to observe thoughts and emotions without judgment and respond to discomfort with greater awareness and compassion.

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