About DBTPC:
DBT Peer Connections (DBTPC) is a grassroots peer support community created by Rachel Gill for peers who are dedicated to improving their emotional health through daily dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills practice. DBTPC provides a means for peers to cultivate relationships with others committed to learning, practicing, educating others about, and building mastery of the 4 DBT skill sets: core mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. DBTPC is committed to eliminating stigma against people with emotional health challenges by creating hope through sharing stories of recovery and advocating in our communities, online and through political action. DBTPC honors, values, and practices compassion; non-judgment; cultural, ethnic, spiritual diversity; and equally respects that every person has a wise mind.
Request to join our peer support group on Facebook and connect with a thriving community of over 4500 peers and start building skillful means and your network of support today. DBT Peer Connections Facebook Group (It is open to member requests but closed to non-member viewing.)
Helpful Links
FREE DBT Handouts & Worksheets
FREE DBT Skills Training E-course
FREE DBT Skills Training Videos
Find a DBT Certified Therapist
Suicide Crisis Support
Do you want to learn more about DBTPC current and future directives? The following podcast offers a detailed overview of the organizational aims of DBTPC.
If you want to volunteer with DBTPC, we always need help blogging, tweeting, and moderating The DBTPC Facebook group. Send an email to Rachel at ilovedbt@gmail.com with “DBT volunteer” in the subject line. In the body of your message briefly describe your DBT experience, a little bit about your personal DBT goals and the best way and time to reach you. We would love to have you on our team!
DBT Peer Connections 
September 12, 2013 at 3:02 pm
Some items I am unable to access such as worksheets that I would like to use for myself. Please advise.
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September 14, 2013 at 6:13 pm
Hi Tracey, if you can give me a little more information, I may be able to help. How are you not able to access the worksheets?
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April 24, 2015 at 5:25 pm
it asks you to create a box account after downloading so many worksheets. why?
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May 22, 2015 at 10:22 am
sorry about that, it must be a box thing. I will start looking for another server. My goal is to share valuable information, not get people signed up with companies. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
Pinki
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April 24, 2014 at 12:44 pm
Broken Links maybe? “Not Found” is the error message I get for most or all of the items listed under “DBT Therapist “Tool Kit”
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May 22, 2014 at 7:55 am
Yes, this is because I linked directly rather than from my own server. I have all the worksheets and more though and am in the process of gettibng them organized, uploaded, and linked, thanks for bringing it to my attention, was there something specific that you wanted, if so let me know and I will see if I jave it on hand
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February 19, 2015 at 8:23 am
it is still not fixed 2/19/15
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February 20, 2015 at 6:31 pm
Is there is a specific link you cannot access? Let me know exactly which one it is and I will fix it for you. I have been going over the links and fixing the broken ones I come across, but there are a lot more than I realized. Thanks for your feedback. Well wishes, -Pinki
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December 19, 2014 at 12:04 pm
Is there a community forum on this site where users interact by posting topics, questions, comments, etc.? Or is this it?
Thanks
-g
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December 22, 2014 at 4:17 pm
No, we do not have a community forum on the site, but if you would like to be a part of the conversation via our closed facebook group, you can request to join at https://www.facebook.com/groups/dbtskills/. If you have any recommendations for adding a forum or making the website more interactive, let me know. I love ideas.
Stay Mindful,
Rachel
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December 19, 2014 at 12:06 pm
Is there a forum where members of this community discuss interact directly by posting topics, comments, questions about DBT, etc.?
Or is this it right here?
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February 5, 2015 at 5:30 pm
Note yet, I am trying to learn how to install a forum plugin to the site.
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March 2, 2015 at 9:11 pm
This website has been extremely valuable to me since my insurance does not pay for dbt group anymore. The information and tools provided are helpful and provide another way to understand dbt in a both and attitude. I am also fortunate that they did simplify the verbatim of the infamous label “borderline” with it’s new names such as emotion regulation disorder in the dsm 5. Thank you for the worksheets especially for those who are not able to afford the text books.
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March 24, 2015 at 4:38 am
You are so welcome. I hope you continue learning and practicing your skills. Thank you for your kind comment.
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March 13, 2015 at 11:47 pm
Looking on doing DBT for PTSD and BPD
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November 8, 2015 at 2:58 pm
Wanted desperately to sign up for the course I just missed. I found you just a little too late. May I ask, is there another opening soon. I’m eager to get ahold of any knowledge I can!! Lol, did I mention desperate. I’ve already watched all the videos and used all the downloads. I just joined the fb support page. I too am like you and use my BPD and other mental illnesses to help de-stigmafy it in this worlds eyes. I try to make sense of why I’m still here, and sometimes I believe if I can change or even save 1 life, all my sharing and listening is worth it, and just perhaps that’s why God has allowed me to live through 2 disabling MVA’a, multiple health issues, 2 miracle babies, and a, well, no-existant traumatic childhood. I have lost both parents to suicide and refuse to do that to my boys. So I’m stuck you see, like a dog suffering and the owners won’t put it to sleep. God won’t let me die, coupled with the I can’t for my kids. So I have to find a reason for it. Just to make it through a day, I need those reminders. Yet, I’m my WORST enemy/critic. I have no means to access any DBT therapy. Well, I just can’t do it alone anymore. The DBT is the best chance I have now. My therapist has only heard of it so she’s no help. Please point me to ANY useful links Pinki. And I want to say after such a long ramble, sorry, God bless you for all you have done for your brothers and sisters in mental health fighting for their sanity. Sarah
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November 9, 2015 at 8:48 pm
Sarah,
I am just finishing up the research on my program. A free and publicly accessible version shall be available after December 1, 2016. Check back on the website after this date to get a direct link to sign up. Hang in there, your free DBT skills training resource shall be available soon. Hugs.
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November 10, 2015 at 5:59 am
Oh my gosh, I’m so stoked!!!! Thank you sweetie, with all my heart! I’m do desperate. If it wasn’t for you doing then, I’d have nowhere to turn. I know I speak for many others. Thank you for all you do.
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November 15, 2015 at 10:45 pm
Sarah, you are welcome, and here is the link to the public version of my DBT skills training course. You may self-enroll. I hope you find it helpful. I wish you well and skillful means.
https://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-course-creation-BBLEARN/courseHomepage.htmlx?course_id=_400442_1
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November 16, 2015 at 12:10 pm
It’s asking for an access code? 😦
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December 1, 2015 at 10:45 pm
Thanks for your feedback. I solved the problem. Access the course at https://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-course-creation-BBLEARN/courseHomepage.htmlx?course_id=_400442_1
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November 28, 2015 at 7:42 am
This could be the choice of life for me. I thank you for all the time you have devoted to your BPD peers. Those that have found no help elsewhere, will find it here. Your kindness will change lives. I myself have just now reached my worse. It’s so bad I just last night asked my husband, 18 yrs together, to take the kids and take the boys with him to his parents and keep them away from me. I scared my youngest with the mood swings. Something I can no-longer hide. He said, “Moma, you keep getting happy-sad, happy-sad. I’m afraid, it scares me.” That broke my heart. I’m now a broken whirlwind of emotion, lost in the winds. The sad part is the harder I try, the worse it seems to be. I won’t give up. I can’t do what my parents did, but at the same time I won’t destroy them with my manic then depression-then the BPD. They could be as messed up as I am. With this I have new hope. So again, I thank you girl!
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March 19, 2016 at 1:26 pm
My name is Melanie. I would love to talk. I have all of the same diagnosises etc. And sound very similar. I sound like you did here… last Nov. 😣… please find me on Facebook melanie Irene (mihardy2@hotmail.com) or you could email me if you wish. Xo Hope you are 3 months ahead of me now and I can learn from you. Haha. Xo 😙
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November 16, 2015 at 11:58 am
Oh my gosh, thanks so much girl!! You rock!
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January 4, 2016 at 8:34 pm
Hi there,
I’ve never heard of the VITALS skill. I don’t think it’s even in the new manual? Can you clarify?
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January 20, 2016 at 2:50 am
VITALS is actually a set of CBT specific skills. They are not technically part of the DBT skills training curriculum, but they are consistent with DBT principles and they provide a motivational counterpart to SMART goals. They were included in the DBT program I participated and I found them useful so I like to include them in my DBT skills tool box. I hope that helps, and thank you for the great question.
-Rachel
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February 29, 2016 at 10:59 am
I was just wondering if the course is open to anyone interested in DBT or primarily those with BPD? I do not have BPD but found DBT to be useful years ago when I was in a group. I am interested in rebooting my skills. Thanks!
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March 10, 2016 at 2:56 am
The FREE skills training e-course is open to anyone interested in DBT and is oriented toward emotion dysregulation, which is common among a broad range of mental disorders and behavioral problems.
Thanks for asking
Rachel Gill
Enroll in my FREE DBT Skills Training E-Course Here
https://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-course-creation-BBLEARN/courseHomepage.htmlx?course_id=_400442_1
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July 27, 2016 at 7:19 am
Atenta a sus comentarios
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August 13, 2016 at 1:51 pm
So glad I found this. Needing additional support with DBT. Thank you for putting this together. 🙂
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September 14, 2016 at 5:26 pm
Thank you so much for this site. I am currently taking your training courses and they are very helpful to me since I cannot find any DBT groups in my living area.
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