My DBT group met for 3 hours a week for 2 years

Very different from the "x...anonomous" meetings that don't alliw cross talk.

I found it worked well but then our T group leader was outstanding. She started the session teaching. Then opened it up for each if us to go over diary cards & to talk IN GENERAL DBT terms about what we experienced over the past week. We ALL struggled doing that & it was quite normal for new people joining in & even those of us who were there longer to say things the way we knew how & ask her to out it in DBT terminology. That was how we all learned.

There were times when we would weigh in to what someone was talking about with either a DBT question or DBT skill thought about it. But she never let us turn someone elses turn into a conversation about us while ut was someone elses turn. That is poor facilitating skills & really should be commented on in private so the facilitator cal look into working on his technique. Not something I would bring up in group though...better expressed in private.