WHOLE ME & DBT SKILL COACHING

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Skills Coaching is not a substitute for a crisis line service. If you are in a crisis or danger to yourself or others,  contact 911, 988, or 1-888-568-1112. 

If you are concerned that you cannot commit to safety while awaiting a return call, please contact Crisis, 9-1-1 or go to your nearest emergency room.

Skills Coaching is used solely after the following supportive resources have been used including but not limited to:

1. Reference DBT Skills Training Book and/or Whole Me & DBT material.
2. Independent skill practice.
3. Contact Peer Support (group members).

Practice skills and distraction rather than target behavior (self-harm, cutting) until such a time that you connect with a Skills Coach.

If a Skill Coach cannot be reached, you agree to answer your phone upon a return and/or follow-up phone call.  If you do not respond, and a Skill Coach and/or Wellness Team believe that you may be engaged in life-threatening behavior or in need, confidentiality will not apply to ensure your safety. This means a wellness check is likely.

24-Hour Rule: If you engage in Target Behavior, a Skill Coach will not provide coaching for 24 hours or less as agreed upon with your individual therapist. Please Note: if you've engaged in target behaviors, you have already taken care of your distress, and Skill Coaching is no longer useful. 

Skill Coaching is not therapy and is limited to three (3) times per week unless otherwise designated by your individual therapist and part of the Safety Care Plan and/or Wellness Plan.  

A text or an email message may not be received in a timely manner.  You agree to contact Omni Integrative Wellness, Inc. at 207-505-6082 for Skill Coaching unless a written contract has been made with my individual therapist. 

Skills Coaching is brief, lasting approximately 5 minutes but no longer than 15 minutes. Consumers will be charged     $ 25.00 for each additional 15 minutes,  with the exception of subsidized insurance participants. 

If a Skill Coach is not available and I am requesting support, I will leave a message for my call to be returned. I understand that I will receive a return call as soon as possible. This may be right away, or within 24 hours due to Skill Coach scheduling. 

Please not use call for Phone Coaching more than twice within a 12-hour period if I have not received an answer.