According to my manual for my DBT group "Clients may not form private relationships outside of skills training sessions." I'm new at the group (6 weeks) but found it so helpful even though I'm an outsider in that I'm dxed as bipolar & everyone else is borderline, but I fit right in, unfortunately, with the extreme emotions. It seems to be helpful so I'm hopeful that with medication I will get some stability.--Suzy