DBT
This therapeutic approach was developed for people with Borderline Personality Disorder, but has since been found helpful with many mental health related disorders.
What is Dialectical Behavioral Therapy? DBT was created in the '80s by Marsha Linehan to treat chronic suicidality in people with BPD. It has also been found helpful treating bipolar, substance use, depression, PTSD, and eating disorders.
This treatment approach focuses on how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are connected.
What is cognitive behavioral therapy?
This treatment focuses on values and activities that bring meaning to life.
What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapist?
This series of counseling techniques explores motivation for change by examining ambivalence.
What is Motivational Interviewing?
True or False: The only way to practice mindfulness is by deep breathing and doing tai chi.
What is false?
True or False: Mindfulness is one of many skills DBT uses.
What is true? Mindfulness helps you fully engage with the current task, instead of allowing your mind to make judgements and wander.
This coping skill helps us change negative thoughts to more positive thoughts.
What is reframing? Reframing is the practice of looking at a problem from a different, more positive angle.
True or False: ACT's psychological flexibility focuses on our ability to ability to touch our toes.
What is false? Psychological flexibility is the ability to stay present, be open to new experiences, and do what matters to us, even when it's hard.
True or False: MI positions the therapist as the expert who has the solutions.
What is false? MI creates a partnership with the therapist and the client, helping the cl increase ownership of their decisions and feel more committed.
In mindfulness, this is defined as being aware of what's going on right here and now, as it's happening.
What is being present?
This is a coping skill used to avoid acting on behaviors you want to reduce or stop.
What is urge surfing? Urge surfing works by allowing us to notice and accept urges without acting on them, all while knowing the urge will pass.
True or False: We are born with ingrained core beliefs.
What is false? Core beliefs are learned and influenced by early childhood experiences.
True or False: Anchor breathing is grounding yourself with mindful breathing.
What is true? Anchor breathing is useful for calming.
True or False: Rolling with resistance defined is to drive a vehicle towing an overflowing trailer.
What is false? Rolling with resistance means to avoid confrontation and acknowledge the other person's perspective.
True or False: Meditation, mindfulness, and deep breathing are the same activities.
What is false? Meditation is the practice of focusing your mind. Mindfulness is being present in the moment without judgement; deep breathing is the practice of breathing with deep breaths.
True or False: DBT is a relatively fast acting treatment approach, in that it becomes fully effective within 6 months.
What is false? DBT requires at least 6 months to become effective, but may take longer than a year.
This acronym stands for Activating event, Beliefs about the event, and Consequences.
What is ABC? A is the actual event and the immediate interpretation of the event, B = Beliefs about the event whether ir/rational; C = Consequences how you feel, what you do, or other thoughts related to the activating event
This is the act of noticing self defeating or self limiting thoughts, acknowledging them, and thanking your mind for its opinion.
What is thanking your mind?
True or False: MI helps create a judgement free space in which we can explore our patterns without condemnation.
What is true? Acceptance without judgment helps develop self compassion and motivation for positive change.
True or False: Deep breathing can serve as the foundation for future mindfulness activities.
What is true?
True or False: DBT focuses on 4 skills sets, one of which is medication compliance/adherence.
What is false? DBT consists of mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. DBT may, but is not required to, have participation in medication management.
Examples of this thought pattern includes catastrophizing, personalization, all or nothing thinking, overgeneralization, and "should"-ing all over yourself.
What are cognitive distortions? Cognitive distortions are irrational thoughts or beliefs that distort a person's perception of reality, usually negatively.
This behavior consists of putting our values into action.
What is committed action?
True or False: MI requires the client to acknowledge they have a problem.
What is true? Cl have to acknowledge they have a problem before they can begin to address it. This is where the stages of change (Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance, Termination) come in.
What are 2 benefits of practicing mindfulness?
What are increased self control, decreased anxiety/stress, increased positive mood, improved emotion regulation, increased self esteem?