Who am I
I help people understand how their thoughts and feelings dictate their behaviors.
What is Behavior Chain?
This term means just the facts, no opinions, and no biases.
What is objective?
These are the things about us that cannot be changed, but can be learned from.
What are Life History Factors?
List the 5 parts of the behavior chain.
What is situation, thoughts, feelings, action, and consequences?
What is the term used for new thinking?
What are replacement thoughts?
I help people understand how each decision they make has consequences?
What is Decisional Balance?
Name the two types of problems.
What are now (in your face) and later (time to think)?
These are strategies you can use in your mind to help deter risky behaviors.
What are Coping by Thinking Strategies?
List the 3 requirements of goals.
What is positive, realistic, and achievable?
This is the opposite of gritting your teeth or trying to fight an urge, but rather you ride it out.
What is urge surfing?
I am the helpful thoughts people have to assist in making healthy choices.
What are Replacement thoughts?
Goals need to be two things, what are they?
What are positive and realistic?
These are specific instances or moments in time that clue us into potential dangers in our lifestyles.
What are High Risk Situations?
List 6 of the 9 self-control strategies.
What is self talk, relaxation, taking a break, distraction, pleasant imagery, counting backwards, urge surfing, call a support person, and paced breathing?
This part of the brain reacts to and manages trauma in our life, another name for it is the fight or flight center.
What is the amygdala?
I help people remain objective and respectful as they talk to people about their own thoughts and feelings.
What is Assertive communication?
What are the two key parts to consider when brainstorming options?
What is does it help reach your goal and the negative and positive consequences?
Examples of this include overreacting to things, feeling hopeless, extreme mood swings, and not managing emotions in a healthy way.
What is Emotional/Feeling Lapse?
List the 4 facts about cravings.
What is cravings are normal, cravings are common, cravings are time-limited, cravings are a sign of change?
Social skills like understanding the feelings of others, deciding to say no, and communicating your needs are skills that focus on which category of high risk behavior?
What is interpersonal conflict?
I am the part of the brain that stores information related to experiences, emotions, and other events in my life.
What is the hippocampus?
What are the three steps to problem solving?
What is identify your problem and goal; brainstorm options and pick the best one; and plan and try your solution?
A fall or slip back into a former state; the return of signs and symptoms of a disease after a period of remission.
What is a relapse?
List the 3 steps to regulating emotions.
What is paying attention (emotional awareness), identifying (what is it), and managing (how do I cope)?
Social skills like dealing with peer pressure are skills that focus on which category of high risk behavior?
What are social pressures?