Orientation
What does DBT Stand for?
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
How does DBT define mindfulness?
Being in control of your mind rather than letting your mind be in control of you.
Full awareness - Opened Mind
Attentional Control - Focused Mind
What does the ACCEPTS acronym stand for?
Activities
Contributing
Comparisons
Emotions
Pushing Away
Thoughts
Sensations
What is the primary goal of DBT?
To create a life worth living.
What is the purpose of diary cards in DBT?
To help you track thoughts, urges and skills used, document change and ineffective behavior patterns.
Who developed Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)?
Marsha Linehan
Name three mindfulness exercises that can be used in daily life.
Many answers
Do something. Call, e-mail, text, or visit a friend; watch a favorite movie or TV show; play your instrument or sing; play videogames; draw, cook, or bake; write in a journal; clean your room; go for a walk or exercise; read a book; listen to your iPod, go online and download music, apps; play a game with yourself or others.
Contribute to (do something nice for) someone. Help a friend or sibling with homework; make something nice for someone else; donate things you don’t need; surprise someone with a hug, a note, or a favor; volunteer.
Compare yourself to those less fortunate. Compare how you are feeling now to a time when you were doing worse. Think about others who are coping the same or less well than you.
Create different emotions. Watch a funny TV show or emotional movie; listen to soothing or upbeat music; get active when you are sad; go to a store and read funny greeting cards or joke books.
Push the painful situation out of your mind temporarily. Leave the situation mentally by moving your attention and thoughts away; build an imaginary wall between you and the situation. Put the pain in a box and on a shelf for a while.
Replace your thoughts. Read; do word or number puzzles; count numbers, colors in a poster, tiles on a wall, anything; repeat the words to a song in your mind.
Intensify other sensations. Hold or chew ice; listen to loud music; take a warm or cold shower; squeeze a stress ball; do sit- ups and push-ups; pet your dog or cat.
Two opposite ideas can be true at the same time, and when considered together can create a new truth and new way of viewing the situation.
Name 3 Crisis survival skills
Self-soothe with six senses
Improve the moment
PROS and CONS
TIPP
Name two of the skills modules
Distress Tolerance
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Emotion Regulation
Walking the Middle Path
How can mindfulness help in managing impulsive behaviors?
Give you more choices and more control over your behavior. It helps you slow down an dnotice emotions, thoughts and urges, and helps you choose a behavior more thoughtfully, rather than act impulsively and make situations worse.
Explain how ACCEPTS skills can be helpful in coping with overwhelming emotions.
Many answers
Explain the concept of "Wise Mind" in DBT and why it is important.
Wise Mind includes both reason and emotion; it is the wisdom within each person and the state of mind to access to avoid acting impulsively and when you need to make important decisions.
How can the "Pushing Away" ACCEPTS skill be helpful in managing distress?
By mentally pushing away upsetting thoughts or images to avoid getting overwhelmed by them.