ACT
What does ACT stand for?
Acceptance and Commitment therapy
What does CBT stand for?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
What does DBT stand for?
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy?
What is a food hierarchy?
A ranking of foods based off of the level of fear/distress that is present when exposed to these foods.
What was the initial title of the movie Hocus Pocus going to be?
Halloween House
What is cognitive defusion?
Technique that helps you see your thoughts as just thoughts, not absolute truths, by creating distance from them
What is cognitive restructuring?
Identifying and challenging negative thoughts and beliefs. Replacing negative thoughts with more realistic and helpful ones.
What are the 4 pillars of DBT?
Mindfulness, Distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness.
What are the 4 phases of eating?
1- all eating episodes
2- portions
3- variety
4- intuitive eating
What was candy corn originally called?
Chicken feed
What are cognitive distortions?
Can you name 2 cognitive distortions?
Inaccurate or irrational thought patterns that can lead to negative emotions, beliefs, and behaviors.
Catastrophizing, mind reading, all or nothing thinking, etc.
What is behavioral activation?
What is a form of behavioral activation you engage in often?
Aims to improve mental health by increasing engagement in pleasurable and rewarding activities.
What is Emotion Regulation?
These skills help us understand, accurately identify, and manage emotions instead of being controlled by them.
What is an exposure and why do we do them?
Being exposed or presented with a triggering stimuli.
Gradually confronting fears to reduce anxiety and avoidance behaviors. The purpose of exposure challenges is to retrain the brain to recognize that these triggers are not actually dangerous
Why did people start dressing up in costumes for Halloween?
Many Europeans, including the Celts, dressed in costumes to repel spirits that they believed came back to Earth on what we now know as Halloween.
What does the acronym for A.C.T stand for?
A- Accepting thoughts and feelings
C- Connect to your values
T- Take committed action
What is mindfulness?
A state of present-moment awareness that involves paying attention to one's thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations without judgment
What is Distress Tolerance?
Can you identify a DT skill?
Skills that help us survive intense emotions or crises situations.
TIPP skills, Radical Acceptance, etc.
What is Habituation?
The process of a person becoming used to a stimulus after repeated exposure, leading to a decreased response/ decrease in anxiety over time.
What famous magician died on Halloween?
Harry Houdini
What is a value?
What are 2 of your values?
A guiding principle that represents what is most important to you.
Honesty, Communication, Friends/Family, etc.
How do we use self-monitoring in CBT?
To track negative patterns with our thoughts, feelings and behaviors.
What is Interpersonal Effectiveness?
What is an example of an IE skill?
Skills that help us maintain relationships, ask for what we need and set boundaries while maintaining self-respect.
DEARMAN, GIVE, etc.
What is inhibitory learning?
The process of learning new, competing associations to block/replace old, fear-based ones. Instead of erasing a fear memory, it involves reinforcing new, non-threatening memories that the brain can use to inhibit the original fear response.
When was Halloween estimated to be celebrated in the U.S?
Around the 1840s, when there was a flood of Irish immigrants fleeing from the potato famine.