Family Service's team of qualified, licensed and license eligible counselors provide individual, couple's and family counseling. Specialized services are available for children, men, women, parents, guardians and persons with substance abuse related problems. Areas of expertise include:

• Marital and/or relationship difficulties
• Eating Disorders
• Parent-child issues
• Depression and/or anxiety
• Work and/or school problems
• Substance abuse or other addictive behaviors
• Stress and/or trauma
• Grief and loss

Adult Survivor Groups

These groups are designed to help adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and neglect to successfully process traumatic events and lead more productive, fulfilling, and satisfying lives.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Family Service currently offers two DBT programs - one for adults and another for adolescents. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based, cognitive-behavioral treatment developed by Marsha Linehan, for the chronically self-harming individual. Since its inception, DBT has been used to treat clients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, and adapted for other difficult-to-treat disorders including dual-diagnoses. This comprehensive program includes a clinical team, skills class, individual therapy and phone "coaching". Balancing acceptance and change strategies, DBT calls on the patient and the therapist to accept reality while maintaining a strong and conscious commitment to change.
The DBT adolescent group is for suicidal/parasuicidal adolescents and a parent or guardian. This Multi-Family Skills Group is an open 16-week group that teaches DBT skills alongside a module called "Walking the Middle Path", which directly addresses the relationship between the adolescent and the adult.

For more information, or to discuss whether this treatment is right for you or your client, please contact:

Adult DBT Program
Vinnie Dabney,M.S.
540-563-5316 x3020
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