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Join Our 12-Week Online DBT Group Starting September 9 @ 4:00pm MT - Just 5 Spots!
Feeling overwhelmed by your emotions? Ready to take control and find calm? Our 12-week online DBT Skills Group in Alberta offers proven tools to help you master your emotions and build a life you love.
Maybe you struggle with mood swings, impulsivity, perfectionism, or relationships that feel like an emotional rollercoaster. Or maybe you’re simply ready to level up — to manage stress better, communicate more effectively, and show up in your life with more confidence, calm, and control.
If that sounds like you, this 12-week Online DBT Skills Group was designed with your personal growth in mind.
Whether you’ve been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), experience complex trauma, PTSD, anxiety, or depression — or simply want powerful tools to help you thrive in your relationships, and daily life — this group offers a structured, supported pathway to growth.
Feeling overwhelmed by your emotions? Ready to take control and find calm? Our 12-week online DBT Skills Group in Alberta offers proven tools to help you master your emotions and build a life you love.
Maybe you struggle with mood swings, impulsivity, perfectionism, or relationships that feel like an emotional rollercoaster. Or maybe you’re simply ready to level up — to manage stress better, communicate more effectively, and show up in your life with more confidence, calm, and control.
If that sounds like you, this 12-week Online DBT Skills Group was designed with your personal growth in mind.
Whether you’ve been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), experience complex trauma, PTSD, anxiety, or depression — or simply want powerful tools to help you thrive in your relationships, and daily life — this group offers a structured, supported pathway to growth.
What You'll Learn in our 12 Week Online DBT Group
Together, in a small, closed group (3-5 participants), you’ll master the four core DBT skill areas:
Learn and practice evidence-backed skills, process insights and work through stuck points in a supportive and confidential environment. This group is designed to help you gain real-life strategies for emotional balance and personal transformation.
- Mindfulness
- Distress Tolerance
- Emotion Regulation, and
- Interpersonal Effectiveness
Learn and practice evidence-backed skills, process insights and work through stuck points in a supportive and confidential environment. This group is designed to help you gain real-life strategies for emotional balance and personal transformation.
Why Join our Online DBT Skills Group?
This group is not traditional therapy—it’s an experiential, and practical skills and process group focused on building resilience and giving you the tools to stay in control no matter how demanding life gets.
DBT Helps You To:
- ✅ Regulate intense emotions without feeling overwhelmed
- ✅ Build lasting resilience to handle life's toughest challenges
- ✅ Calm anxiety, manage depression, and heal from trauma triggers
- ✅ Boost mental clarity and focus, even under pressure
- ✅ Set and maintain healthy boundaries confidently and compassionately, without guilt or fear
- ✅ Strengthen communication skills for deeper, more fulfilling relationships
What To Expect Each Week
Imagine feeling calm under pressure, communicating clearly, and bouncing back from setbacks with confidence. Each week, you’ll walk away with actionable skills to enhance your emotional well-being and relationships:
1. 🧘♂️Mindfulness Skills
Stay present and focused, avoid distractions, and deepen self-awareness for success in achieving your goals.
2. 🔥Emotional Regulation Skills
Gain control over anxiety and intense emotions. Replace reactivity with calm, intentional choice, aligned with your values and goals.
3. ⚡Distress Tolerance Skills
Stay calm during emotionally charged moments and manage setbacks without burnout.
4. 💬 Interpersonal Effectiveness & Relationship Skills
Interrupt unhelpful cycles in relationships, effectively navigate difficult conversations, and improve communication under stress.
Each week, we will spend time together learning how these tools work, and practice them together. We will prepare you with homework to practice and apply newly learned strategies between sessions. The following week when we meet again, we'll then process real life examples to support your mastery of each skill and continue building your DBT toolset from there.
1. 🧘♂️Mindfulness Skills
Stay present and focused, avoid distractions, and deepen self-awareness for success in achieving your goals.
2. 🔥Emotional Regulation Skills
Gain control over anxiety and intense emotions. Replace reactivity with calm, intentional choice, aligned with your values and goals.
3. ⚡Distress Tolerance Skills
Stay calm during emotionally charged moments and manage setbacks without burnout.
4. 💬 Interpersonal Effectiveness & Relationship Skills
Interrupt unhelpful cycles in relationships, effectively navigate difficult conversations, and improve communication under stress.
Each week, we will spend time together learning how these tools work, and practice them together. We will prepare you with homework to practice and apply newly learned strategies between sessions. The following week when we meet again, we'll then process real life examples to support your mastery of each skill and continue building your DBT toolset from there.
Additional Benefits
- Designed for people serious about personal growth & development
- Practical & results-focused — no fluff, just evidence-based skills you can use right away
- Confidential & secure — private, bank-level encrypted virtual space
- Convenient — join weekly sessions online from home or anywhere in Alberta
- Accessible — direct-billing options are available for most insurance providers, and group sessions are free for First Nations and Inuit clients through NIHB,
- Facilitated by DBT therapists, licensed and trained in delivering effective DBT
Ready For Change? Secure Your Spot Now — Spaces Are Limited!
How To Join
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🔹 Real-Time Guidance – Work directly with experienced DBT therapists who will help you apply skills to real-life challenges.
🔹 Interactive & Engaging Format – Practical exercises, discussions, and real-world application.
🔹 Supportive Community – Connect with like-minded individuals who are serious about personal growth and transformation.
🔹 Lifetime Value – These skills will transform how you handle stress, emotions, and relationships for years to come.
🔹 Interactive & Engaging Format – Practical exercises, discussions, and real-world application.
🔹 Supportive Community – Connect with like-minded individuals who are serious about personal growth and transformation.
🔹 Lifetime Value – These skills will transform how you handle stress, emotions, and relationships for years to come.
Stop Spirals. Start Healing.
Join Our Online DBT Skills Group This Fall.
Ready to feel more empowered and in control of your life?
This group is designed to teach you real skills to build confidence, stay grounded, and learn how to handle whatever life throws your way.
This group is designed to teach you real skills to build confidence, stay grounded, and learn how to handle whatever life throws your way.
September 2025 Group Details
- Start Date: Tuesday September 9, 2025 @ 4:00PM MT
- Frequency: Weekly (1.5 hours each)
- Duration: 12 sessions (Closed Group)
- Group Size: 3–5 participants max.
Who Is This Group For?
This group is ideal for individuals who:
✅ Are interested in developing or enhancing skills in:
✅Can attend at least 75% of sessions
✅ Are interested in developing or enhancing skills in:
- Mindfulness
- Distress Tolerance
- Emotion Regulation
- Interpersonal Effectiveness
✅Can attend at least 75% of sessions
Investment
- $165 per 1.5 hour session
- Receipts will be provided and session fees may be eligible for direct-billing or insurance reimbursement
- NIHB covers 100% of the session fees for eligible First Nations and Inuit clients (contact us for more info)
Facilitators:
- Dr. Natashya Sherbot Stronach, RPsych (she/her)
- Alexa Tyler, RCSW (she/her)
Dr. Natashya Shertbot-Stronach, Registered Psychologist
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Alexa Tyler, Registered Clinical Social Worker
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In a group, we can confront our fears and learn to be vulnerable with others, which can lead to deeper connections and greater self-awareness.
- Marion Woodman
Virtual DBT Skills Group FAQs
What is DBT, and why is it usefuL?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based approach that teaches you how to manage stress, regulate emotions, and improve relationships. It’s especially effective for people who struggle with relationship challenges, perfectionism, burnout, or emotional overwhelm.
Is this dbt skills group a good fit for me?
If you're dealing with:
✅ Stress & burnout
✅ Relationship difficulties
✅ Emotional overwhelm or frustration
✅ Difficulty setting boundaries
✅ Perfectionism & self-criticism
…then this program is designed for you.
✅ Stress & burnout
✅ Relationship difficulties
✅ Emotional overwhelm or frustration
✅ Difficulty setting boundaries
✅ Perfectionism & self-criticism
…then this program is designed for you.
What will i learn in the dbt skills group?
You’ll master practical, science-backed techniques in:
✔ Mindfulness - develop greater self-awareness and stay present in the moment
✔ Emotional Regulation - manage overwhelming emotions and respond more effectively
✔ Distress Tolerance - cope with crises and intense feelings without making things worse
✔ Interpersonal Skills - experience healthier and more satisfying relationships
✔ Mindfulness - develop greater self-awareness and stay present in the moment
✔ Emotional Regulation - manage overwhelming emotions and respond more effectively
✔ Distress Tolerance - cope with crises and intense feelings without making things worse
✔ Interpersonal Skills - experience healthier and more satisfying relationships
How is this different from traditional therapy?
Unlike one-on-one therapy, this structured, skills-based program is all about giving you practical tools you can use right away in your everyday life — at work, at home, and in your relationships. It’s about building resilience, enhancing self-awareness, and developing strategies for living a more balanced and fulfilling life.
is this Group confidential?
Yes. Sessions are held in a secure, bank-level-encrypted online platform and facilitated by two highly qualified registered mental health professionals where confidentiality is respected.
How long is the Group, and what’s the time commitment?
The DBT Skills Group runs for 12 weeks, with weekly virtual sessions. Each session is 90 minutes, on Tuesdays at 4:00 PM MT allowing you to integrate skills into your schedule efficiently.
Can I use my insurance for the DBT Skills Group?
Yes. We offer direct billing to most insurance providers. Group sessions are fully covered through NIHB (Indigenous Services Canada).
How do I enroll in the next DBT Skills Group?
Email [email protected] or call 587-557-8573 to apply.
Spots are limited to ensure a high quality experience for participants, so early registration is recommended.
Spots are limited to ensure a high quality experience for participants, so early registration is recommended.
Online Portal for Clients
Once we are working together, please use the Owl Practice Client Portal to
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Get in touch
> Email: [email protected]
> Alberta (call, text): (587) 557 - 8573
> B.C. (call, text): (250) 252 - 5221
> Ontario (call): (289) 622 - 6727
> Fax: 1-866-620-9314
> Alberta (call, text): (587) 557 - 8573
> B.C. (call, text): (250) 252 - 5221
> Ontario (call): (289) 622 - 6727
> Fax: 1-866-620-9314
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