RO DBT Graduate Class in Oregon
A 12-week, 2-hour online group for RO DBT graduates who want to keep their skills active, deepen self-enquiry, and explore overcontrol in real life.
Radically Open DBT offers ongoing support to help you stay connected, flexible, and engaged in your life.
At Abri Psychotherapy, we offer a thoughtful and engaging RO DBT Graduate Class for individuals who have already completed RO DBT and want to continue their growth. This closed, online group provides a space to revisit and strengthen skills while exploring how overcontrol shows up in everyday life. Through guided discussion, experiential practice, and shared curiosity, participants deepen their understanding of themselves while building meaningful connections with others on a similar path.
Deepening Self Enquiry
Explore your internal experiences with greater openness and curiosity, building insight into patterns of overcontrol.
Keeping Skills Alive
Reinforce and apply RO DBT skills in real-life situations so they remain active and effective over time.
Building Authentic Connection
Engage with others who share similar experiences, fostering a sense of belonging and mutual understanding.
Applying Skills in Real Life
Practice responding to everyday challenges with greater flexibility, openness, and intention.
What is RO DBT Graduate Class?
The RO DBT Graduate Class is designed for individuals who have completed RO DBT and want continued support in integrating the skills into their daily lives.
This group builds on the foundation of Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy, an evidence-based approach for addressing overcontrol, including perfectionism, anxiety, and social disconnection.
In this group, participants revisit core skills while expanding their ability to apply them in more nuanced and meaningful ways.
Guided Reflection – Explore personal patterns and experiences with the support of the group and facilitator.
Experiential Practice – Engage in exercises that bring RO DBT skills into real-time awareness and action.
Group Connection – Share experiences and build relationships with others continuing their RO DBT journey.
Ongoing Integration – Strengthen your ability to apply skills consistently across different areas of life.
Group Details
Group Type
This is a closed, online group for RO DBT graduates who want to continue practicing skills and exploring overcontrol in real life.
Who It’s For
Individuals who have completed RO DBT and want to deepen their practice, increase flexibility, and stay connected to the work.
Location
Online
Schedule
12-week group, 2-hour sessions
Facilitator
Led by Ashlyn West, LPC
Meet Ashlyn West, LPC
Ashlyn West (she/her) is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Body Trust® Provider. She works with adults of all ages (18+) and genders. She offers primarily virtual appointments, but does have some in-person options. She comes from a background of working with eating disorders in higher levels of care for treatment. She has a passion for working with individuals whose relationship with their body and self has been impacted by systemic oppression, trauma, and expectation. others.
From a trauma-informed and social justice-oriented lens, she utilizes person-centered, motivational interviewing, psychoeducation, feminist approach, and radically open DBT (RODBT) to create space for insight, healing, and change to occur. As someone who is over-controlled (OC), she is drawn to working with RO to serve the clients who are so often seen as doing “fine” and provide a space for permission and healing. Sessions will often be a mix of recognizing the impacts of our social location and balancing that with personal responsibility to build compassion, resilience, and growth.
Learn more about Ashlyn.
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