Well Equipped Teen

Virtual DBT Intensive Therapy for

Adolescents and Their Families

What is Well Equipped Teen?

If weekly 50‑minute therapy hasn’t been enough to help your teen live the life you want, Well Equipped Teen may be a good fit.

This virtual, skills‑based DBT program provides about 3 hours of structured support per week, with sessions that involve both the teen and caregiver so families can learn, practice, and apply new skills together. Built with flexibility for real life, it’s designed to accelerate lasting change while your teen continues school and daily routines.

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Who We Help

Teens (ages 14–17) and their caregivers seeking support with:

Intense emotions or frequent mood swings
Anxiety or depression not improving with weekly therapy
Impulsive behaviors or self-sabotage

Trouble communicating or setting boundaries
Constant conflict with family or friends

This intensive offering is ideal for teens and their families seeking a more immersive approach to building lasting skills to navigate distress and strengthen relationships.

How We Help

Grounded in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), this program builds real-world skills to manage emotions, improve relationships, and make better decisions, so teens can feel more in control and hopeful about the future and their families can have the tools to best support them.

Participants in Well Equipped Teen Receive:

Weekly DBT Skills Group for teens and caregivers together
Family Therapy Sessions centered on DBT principles
Weekly Individual DBT Therapy for teens
Access to DBT phone coaching for both teens and caregivers outside of session hours.
This program is ideal for families seeking a collaborative, skills-based approach to emotional regulation, communication, and crisis management.

FAQs

Family Skills Training: At Well Equipped Teen, teens and caregivers participate in weekly DBT group and DBT based family therapy sessions. We’ll do a deep dive and teach you specific tactics to manage emotions, cope with stress, and improve relationships.
Teen Individual attention: During weekly one-on-one therapy sessions with a DBT trained therapist, Teens will focus on identifying and addressing specific challenges with new skills and perspective.
In the moment coaching: Teens and caregivers will have access to a DBT therapist in between sessions, to provide support and guidance during times of crisis or when you’re struggling with a specific issue.
Consultation team: Know that your therapist is giving you the most effective treatment possible. They attend consultation team meetings to receive ongoing support and guidance from a DBT certified trainer.
These components work together to provide a comprehensive and individualized approach to treatment.
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based psychotherapy that was developed to help people deal with intense emotions. When you’re having really difficult feelings, they can lead you to make decisions based on emotions, instead of doing what might be best for you in the long run.
This can land you in a negative cycle of making decisions and acting in ways you wish you hadn't, being ashamed or angry with people around you, and then feeling worse about yourself and your future.
DBT offers clear instructions on how to be effective no matter what might be happening inside.
When you’re skillful at getting what you want out of life, you end up with less bad emotions. In fact, you might even end up feeling proud of yourself, liking your friends and family more, and being excited about what might happen next.
You may have already heard of DBT, or even know some of the skills, but this program is designed to support both those new to DBT and those who could benefit from deeper support, structure, or a meaningful refresher.
Interpersonal Effectiveness
- Do you struggle asking for what you want, setting boundaries, repairing relationships that are worth repairing, or do you just want to get better at communicating? DBT has a skill for that.
Emotion Regulation
- These skills help you know what you’re feeling (sometimes that can be confusing, amirite?). They’ll also help you act in your best interest (even when you feel like saying f it), and cultivate more good vibes (and who couldn’t use more good vibes?).
Distress Tolerance
- Ever feel like everything is out of control and nothing is ok? Maybe you’ve even ended up hurting yourself or doing something you really wish you hadn’t. Distress tolerance skills help you find possibility when everything seems hopeless.
Mindfulness
- Mindfulness skills help you cultivate a more mindful and accepting way of relating to yourself and the world. With practice, mindfulness can become a valuable tool for reducing emotional reactivity, enhancing self-awareness, and fostering a sense of calm, and balance.
Well Equipped Teen is currently only available as a virtual program for clients (14-17) and their families living in NY and CO.

Meet the Well Equipped Team

The Well Equipped team is comprised of highly qualified professionals who specialize in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) who are dedicated to providing expert care for emotional regulation and mental health challenges.

DBT Expert Led: Our staff is guided by Director of Training, Julie Trim, PhD, a licensed clinical psychologist and DBT-LBC Certified Clinician with over 15 years of experience supervising clinicians in navigating clients with complex emotional challenges. Specializing in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Dr. Trim’s support allows our clinicians to provide exceptional research-backed treatment to each client.
Experience with Complex Diagnoses: With decades of experience in treating individuals with complex mental health conditions, our team excels at using DBT to support those with chronic emotional dysregulation, eating disorder, substance use and self-harm behaviors.
Evidence-Based Approach: Each team member is dedicated to using evidence-based DBT interventions, regularly engaging in ongoing training and research to stay at the cutting edge of mental health treatment.
Comprehensive DBT Treatment: From our intensive outpatient program to individual DBT sessions and weekly group therapy, the Well Equipped team is committed to offering a full-spectrum DBT program that empowers clients to develop lasting emotional resilience and mental well-being.