Distract/ Self-Soothe/ IMPROVE
Mindfulness Overview:
"What" and "How"
Stuff
Build Mastery/ Cope Ahead
Dialectics
100

Self-soothing focuses on which of the five senses?

All five

100

What are the "What" and "How" skills?

Mindfulness “What” skills:

  • Observe
  • Describe
  • Participate

Mindfulness “How” skills:

  • Nonjudgmentally
  • One-Mindfully
  • Effectively
100

In golf, what is a birdie?

A score of one stroke under par

100

What acronym are Build Mastery and Cope Ahead part of?

ABC PLEASE

100

Entering the paradox of “yes” and “no,” “true” and “not true,” at the very same time.

What are Dialectics?

200

T/F: distress tolerance skills are meant to make you feel better

False. They are meant to help you get through a painful situation and refrain from impulsive actions

200

What is the difference between Observing and Describing?

  • Observing is simply noticing or paying attention with purpose
  • Describing is assigning a label or putting into words something observed
200

What are the three Deathly Hallows?


  • The Resurrection Stone
  • The Cloak of Invisibility
  • The Elder Wand
200

T/F: Build Mastery involves doing the same thing repeatedly without increasing or decreasing intensity

False

200

T/F: Change is the only constant

True

300

What does “P” stand for in ACCEPTS?

Pushing away worries

300

T/F: Discriminatory judgment is more effective than evaluative judgment

True

300

What does HBO stand for?

Home Box Office

300

What module are Build Mastery and Cope Ahead part of?

Emotion Regulation

300

Use this type of thinking rather than "either-or"

What is "both-and" thinking?

400

Focusing on the positive aspects of an otherwise painful situation is an example of what part of the IMPROVE skill?

M – Meaning making

400

Describe what you see


...

400

How many “tetriminos” are there in Tetris?

Seven

  • “I”
  • “O”
  • “T”
  • “J”
  • “L”
  • “S”
  • “Z”


400

When coping ahead, how should you imagine the situation?

As if you’re IN the situation NOW.

400

Dialectics helps us to be more what?

Flexible and approachable; avoid assumptions and blaming

500

Name a goal of Distress Tolerance

  • Survive crisis situations
  • Accept reality
  • Become free of intense emotions, urges, and desires
500

Name a goal of Mindfulness Practice

  • Reduce suffering and increase happiness
  • Increase control of your mind
  • Experience reality as it is
500

What Hawaiian practice celebrates and pays respect to deities, nature, history, genealogy, and culture?

Hula

500

What is the goal of ABC PLEASE?

Reduce vulnerability to Emotion Mind

500

What is meant by “change is transactional?”

You affect others and others affect you

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