Skills Groups

We plan to or currently offer the following groups (click each for more information):

Teen Social and Emotional Skills Groups

Adult Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Groups

Parent Management Skills Groups (coming)

Some individuals pursue group therapy or skills groups in addition to or instead of individual therapy. We offer groups for adolescents and young adults with varying durations, modalities, and goals. As groups are forming, they will be described on this page and initial application forms will be available.

Groups forming soon for Summer 2026

Social and Emotional Skills Groups for Teens (6 weeks)

Groups that focus on helping teens to:

Better understand emotions, and how to manage them
Develop skills to manage stress and anxiety
improve relationships with friends and families

This skills group meets in-person in Olney, MD

Group to be held over 6-weeks on Saturdays.

Groups are led by two doctoral level psychologists.

Click here to go to initial application form, or scroll down.

Group forming for January 2026

Adult Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills Group (24 week)

The DBT group is designed to build skills in 4 critical areas:
• Core Mindfulness. • Interpersonal Effectiveness
• Emotion Regulation. • Distress Tolerance

This skills group will meet in-person in Friendship Village/Chevy Chase, MD
(Friendship Heights metro).

• Group to be held Friday mornings from 10:30-12:00 EST.
• The group will be led by two doctoral level clinical psychologists who
are intensively trained in DBT.

Click here to go to initial application form, or scroll down.

Coming Soon

Parent Management Skills Groups

Parent management training provides parents and other caregivers with knowledge about evidence-based tools for effective parenting and managing child behavior. This group focuses on building parent knowledge and providing opportunities to practice skills to support positive child development, including validation, positive reinforcement and problem solving.

While focused on parenting, this group is for adults only to build thier skills to be effective.

When formed this skills group will meet in-person in Olney, MD.

The group will be led a doctoral level clinical psychologist who intensively trained in DBT and DBT-C.

Click here to go to initial application form, or scroll down.

Montgomery Psychological Services

Skills Groups Interest Form

Please complete this brief form if you are interested in participating in one of our current or future groups. Note that your submission is treated as protected information. We gather this information to establish your access to our secure portal and necessary intake forms.

If you are looking for information about individual therapy of psychological testing, please use the contact form on our homepage.

First name

Last name

Preferred phone number

Can you receive texts at your preferred phone?

Yes

Date of Birth (MM/DD/YYYY)

Which skills group are you interested in participating in?

Adult DBT Group (24 week in person) - starts January 2026

Social and Emotional Skills Group for Teens (6 weeks in person) - Summer 2026

DBT-C Family Group (in person, TBD)

What treatment or services are you currently receiving? (click all that apply)

prefer not to say

individual therapy

group therapy

psychiatric medication

Once you submit your information we will email you a link to our client portal to complete some additional forms.

Thank you for your interest in our services.