Mindfulness
The State of Mind in which decisions are made based on how an individual feels in a given moment
What is Emotion Mind?
The skill set used with the purpose of distracting oneself from acting on unhelpful urges
What are the Distract with Wise Mind ACCEPTS skills?
The skill of engaging in an activity or multiple activities daily that bring joy for the purpose of improving our mood
What is engaging in pleasant activities?
Give one example of a dialectical statement or situation
I am doing the best I can AND I need to do better
I'm disappointed in myself AND I know that I am working hard and doing my best
My parents love me AND they struggle with their own challenges, thinking mistakes, and stressors
The skill set that helps us build and maintain positive relationships
What is GIVE?
The State of Mind in which individuals consider both emotions and logic/reasoning when making a decision
What is Wise Mind?
The skill set used to regulate physiological responses to distress
What is TIPP?
The skill where we challenge our thoughts to identify potential thinking mistakes, alternate interpretations, and the likelihood of our thoughts being true
What is checking the facts?
Name one Dialectical Dilemma
Too Loose/Too Strict
Making Light of Problem Behaviors/Making too Much of Typical Teen Behaviors
Forcing Independence/Fostering Dependence
The skill that helps reduce anger by looking at the situation from another's perspective and generating benign interpretations
What is THINK?
The State of Mind in which an individual makes a decision based on facts and logic, without considering emotions
What is Reasonable Mind?
The skill used when you can't solve the problem or change your emotions about the problem
What is Radical Acceptance?
The skill that helps us notice unhelpful urges and choose to act differently in an attempt to change our emotions
What is Opposite Action?
The skill that communicates to another person that his or her feelings, thoughts, and actions make sense and are understandable to you in a particular situation
What is Validation?
Name 2 of the 4 GIVE skills
Be Gentle
Act Interested
Validate
Use an Easy Manner
Name the Mindfulness What Skills
Observe, Describe, Participate
The skill where we choose to accept reality, fully participate in reality, and stop fighting reality
What is Willingness?
The skill that increases mindfulness of emotions, noticing how emotions often increase and decrease in intensity
What is the Wave?
The name of the skill where you reinforce small steps toward a behavior that you want to see more of
What is Shaping?
Give an example of validation, reassurance, and praise for someone disliking a haircut
Validation- It's so hard when you don't like the way it turned out
Reassurance- Don't worry, it will grow out quickly
Praise- I think it looks amazing!
Name the Mindfulness How Skills
Don't Judge, Stay Focused, Do What Works
The Radical Acceptance skill that requires making the choice to accept reality over and over again
What is Turning the Mind?
A skill that breaks an emotion down into several pieces to help better understand an individual's vulnerability factors, body changes, urges, and thoughts as they contribute to an emotion
What is the Model of Emotions?
Generate one example of a way one of the dialectical dilemmas can be balanced rather than at one extreme or the other
(there are 3 dialectical dilemmas to choose from)
Example: Setting rules and being consistent in applying them while at the same time being open to exceptions or flexibility given the circumstances
Name 2 of the 5 THINK skills
Think about the other person's perspective
Have empathy for the other person
Generate benign interpretations for their behavior
Notice ways they have been trying or have been struggling
Use kindness when approaching