Flawless & Fallible: Culturally Responsive Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Channel: schoolhealthcenters
Date: 2021-11-19

November 3, 2021: Adolescents impacted by trauma have difficulty regulating behaviors and may engage in unsafe coping behaviors. UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland School-Based Providers adapted Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) skills training during a pandemic to deliver telehealth DBT skills groups for cultural affinity groups – Black youth, Spanish speaking youth, and BIPOC youth. We share how our clinical team built capacity, strengthened a consultation team and delivered culturally responsive DBT. We found that the adolescents enjoyed the groups, built skills that they continued to use, and asked for more.

Presenters: Saun-Toy Trotter, LMFT, Program Manager; Ariana Sanchez, LMFT, Mental Health Clinician; Sara Schnaitter, LCSW, Mental Health Clinician, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland