When emotions escalate quickly, it’s hard to think clearly or stay regulated. Life doesn't have to feel like that. This is why this group exists.
DBT Skills For Life & Big Emotions
A Skills Group For Young Adults, 16-23
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ABOUT
About the Group
This 18-week DBT skills group is designed to help young adults feel prepared for life and the big emotions that come with it. This is a group that supports people to learn tools that actually help them regulate their emotions, tolerate distress without harmful or unhealthy habits, and build relationships that actually feel meaningful. These are the life skills you've been waiting for.
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WHO
Who This Group Is For
If you're tired of feeling like this (even if it's only internally) every time the plans change, a wave of anxiety hits, you need to do the adulting thing, or when any emotions or difficult memories land in your brain, then this group is for you.
If you have done DBT skills before, this is an opportunity to deepen your skills in a hands-on, interactive learning environment. If this is your first time doing this, welcome 👋
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DETAILS
Group Details
Ages: 16 - 23
Length: 18 weeks (on Wednesdays)
Start Date: Feb 18 - June 24
Time: 4:30 - 6:00 PM
Facilitators: Morgan Weatherup & Meghan Joseph (M.S.W., R.S.W)
Hybride Group - Open for virtual and in-person participants
Investment: $125 - $150 per session
Eligible for coverage under extended health insurance
What you'll learn
People who join this group often say they’re tired of coping in ways that don’t actually help.
They want tools they can use in the moment, when emotions spike, urges show up, or relationships feel overwhelming. This group is designed to meet that need with practical, evidence-based DBT skills and real-life practice.
Somatic and nervous system practices and tools to help you build a daily practice that supports your regulation.
Distress tolerance skills to help in those real life tough moments. When the urges are big, the fear makes you freeze, or the emotions come flooding.
Science-backed skills that will help you learn how to walk yourself through a crisis moment without blowing up your life and relationships.
A deep understanding of your emotions and thoughts so you can catch them in the act and increase flexibility, not rigidity.
A game plan for setting boundaries and acting from your morals and values without cutting people off or staying in unhealthy relationships.
A full and practical guide on how to actually regulate emotions, engage in self-care that works, and increase your emotional capacity and resilence.
Full-proof communication skills to help you navigate difficult and important conversations, weather it's asking for what you need or want, setting a limit, navigating conflict with a friend, saying no. We got you!
If you’re wondering whether this group is worth the time and effort, many participants start in the same place — unsure if skills will really help or worried they’ve “already tried everything.”
What they often discover is that DBT skills provide a clearer framework and practical tools that can be used in the moments that matter most, helping emotions feel more manageable and relationships more stable over time.
Meet your Facilitators
Get to know Your Facilitators
DBT Skills for Life & Big Emotions is co-facilitated by Morgan Weatherup and Meghan Joseph, experienced DBT clinicians with extensive backgrounds delivering DBT across a range of care settings. Together, Morgan and Meghan bring deep clinical expertise in DBT, skills-based groups, and real-world application of DBT principles for teens and young adults navigating emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, trauma, and complex relational challenges.
Both facilitators have worked within hospital, residential, community, and outpatient settings, supporting individuals and teams in delivering DBT with integrity, flexibility, and responsiveness to the needs of the communities they serve. Their approach emphasizes practical skill-building, experiential learning, and helping participants apply DBT skills in everyday life — not just in session.
Morgan Weatherup, MSW, RSW
Morgan Weatherup is a Registered Social Worker with extensive experience providing DBT therapy, including comprehensive DBT, since 2017. She has trained with and learned from leaders within the DBT community and has played a key role in developing and implementing DBT programs across a wide range of settings, including classrooms, day hospital programs, residential treatment, and outpatient care in both public and private sectors.
Morgan’s work is grounded in evidence-based practice, trauma-informed care, and nervous-system-informed approaches. She is deeply committed to helping teens, young adults, and families build practical skills that support emotional regulation, stability, and a life worth living in the real world. When she's not in the therapy room with clients, she's getting lots of puppy snuggles in with her two fur babies, Harley and Paco.
Meghan Joseph, RP
Meghan Joseph is a Registered Psychotherapist with over five years of experience providing DBT therapy, including comprehensive DBT, with teens and young adults. In previous roles, Meghan implemented and supported full DBT programs within hospital-based care settings, including both comprehensive DBT and skills-focused models.
Meghan has also clinically supported DBT teams, ensuring adherence to the model while adapting DBT skills to reflect real-world application and community needs. Her work emphasizes relational safety, skill mastery, and helping individuals translate DBT concepts into meaningful, sustainable change in their daily lives. When Meghan is not in the therapy room, she's spending time with her 3 kids, English Bulldog Blue and husband or reading a novel from her newest favourite series.
What This Group Is
(and isn't)
This is a skills-based DBT group, not a processing or support group. Each session focuses on learning, practicing, and applying DBT skills to real-life situations.
This Group is:
👍 Experiential and interactive (not lecture-based)
👍 Practical and focused on everyday life
👍 Skills-focused, not crisis-driven
👍 Supportive, structured, and trauma-informed
👍 For people new to DBT or for those looking to deepen their skills practice
👍 Open to all people ages 16 - 23
This Group is Not:
❌ A crisis service
❌ A replacement for individual therapy: Participants are encouraged — but not required — to be working with an individual therapist while attending
❌ A place for open emotional processing
I'm Ready To Join
Let's do this
Sliding scale options at checkout, look for discount codes at checkout in the description.