CBT
12 Steps
Coping skills
DBT
Communication
100

CBT stands for this type of therapy

what is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

100

The 12 steps was created by

What is Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith (Dr. Bob)?

100

This healthy coping skill involves taking slow, deep breaths to calm your body and reduce stress.

What is deep breathing?

100

DBT stands for this type of therapy.

What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?

100

This type of statement structure helps express feelings without blaming others.

What is an “I statement”?

200

CBT concept refers to the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

What is the Cognitive Triangle?

200

This is the first step

What is admitting powerlessness over addiction?

200

True or False: If a coping skill doesn't make you feel better right away, it isn't working.

What is False? Coping skills often reduce the intensity of emotions over time and help prevent unhealthy reactions, even if they don't provide immediate relief.

200

This DBT skill teaches people to focus on the present moment without judging their thoughts, feelings, or experiences.

What is mindfulness?

200

This communication skill involves fully paying attention to the person speaking without interrupting or planning your response.

What is active listening?

300

This cognitive distortion occurs when a person assumes the worst possible outcome will happen.

What is catastrophizing?

300

The 12 Steps were first introduced in this year

What is 1939?

300

When feeling overwhelmed this technique utilizes your senses.

BONUS 100 points if can name the senses

What is the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique? 

300

This DBT module helps individuals get through difficult situations without making them worse.

What is distress tolerance?

300

These are the four main communication styles.

What are passive, aggressive, assertive, and passive-aggressive communication styles?

400

This cognitive distortion occurs when a person believes they know what others are thinking without having evidence to support it.

What is mind reading?

400

This step asks individuals to become entirely ready to have their defects of character removed

What is Step 6?

400

A common misconception is that coping skills should make difficult emotions disappear immediately. In reality, coping skills are designed to do this.

What is help manage, reduce, or tolerate difficult emotions in a healthy way?

400

DBT is built around four core skill modules. Name all four.

What are Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness?

400

This DBT interpersonal effectiveness skill is used for healthy conversations by helping individuals clearly express needs, set boundaries, and maintain relationships using a structured acronym.

What is DEAR MAN

500

In CBT, this technique involves examining the evidence for and against a thought to determine whether it is accurate.

What is cognitive restructuring (or challenging negative thoughts)

500

This recovery principle involves helping other addicts or alcoholics and carrying the message of recovery.

What is Step 12?

500

These are three common benefits of using healthy coping skills in recovery and mental health treatment.

What are reduced stress, improved emotional regulation, and decreased risk of relapse?

500

This is the central idea behind the word "dialectical" in DBT.

What is balancing two seemingly opposite ideas at the same time, such as acceptance and change?

500

The acronym DEARMAN stands for 

D – Describe E – Express  A – Assert R – Reinforce M – Mindful A – Appear

N – Negotiate 

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