CBT Basics
Which part of the CBT triangle holds your physical responses to a trigger or cue?
Behviors/Actions
Scrolling on Instagram and seeing your favorite influencer promoting a new diet trend
Social Cue
Give an example of a mental cue/trigger.
Something that occurs in your mind and has the potential to trigger you
Your thoughts affect your feelings but not your behaviors
FALSE. Your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors all affect one another.
What are the main components of a thought record?
Situation
Initial Thoughts and feelings
Alternate Thoughts and the feelings that follow
What are the 3 main types of cues/triggers?
Social
Physical
Mental
Thinking about a compliment someone gave me on my outfit today and realizing that they didn't compliment me yesterday
Mental Cue
Demonstrate your favorite hand game growing up
I don't wanna go to Mexico
Slide
the main focus of self-respect effectiveness is making sure that we maintain/strengthen the relationship with the person we're having our interpersonal interaction with.
FALSE. This is the main focus of relationship effectiveness.
What does each letter of the ABCs of rational thinking stand for?
A - Activating Event
B - Beliefs
C - Consequences
D - Dispute
What does CBT stand for?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Feeling out of breath after going on a mindfulness walk
Physical Cue
Act out or talk through a situation you could use for thought record. Include your initial thoughts and feelings after the situation, behaviors they could lead to (optional), and an alternate thought pattern after the same situation.
Situation: Two of my friends decided to hang out w/o me
Thoughts/Feels: "they hate me", depressed
Behaviors: cry, isolate, go off on mom
Alt. Thoughts: "there are other times we can hang out together", "they probably thought I was busy"
Alt. Feels: still a little disappointed, hopeful, neutral
Alt. Behaviors: Do some self care or pleasant activity, call other friends, etc.
The C in CBT stands for Comprehensive
FALSE. It stands for Cognitive.
What DBT Skill helps us communicate our needs with objective effectiveness?
DEAR MAN
"Maybe they're just having a bad day" and "I always mess everything up!" belong to what part of the CBT triangle?
Thoughts/Cognitions
Seeing a fight break out next to you while enjoying a concert
Social Cue
Demonstrate the way you would appear confident during an interpersonal interaction
THEN demonstrate what it looks like to lack confidence during an interpersonal interaction
Stand up straight, Eye contact, Clear tone of voice, etc.
Looking at the ground, whispering/stammering, etc.
Veritas the only place I will can use my CBT skills
FALSE. The skills that you learn while here at Veritas can be used anywhere!
Where would anxious, happy, scared, and overwhelmed land on the CBT triangle?
Feelings/Emotions
What was the topic of our last CBT group?
Identifying Cues and Triggers
Feeling bloated after completing a challenging meal
Physical Cue
Give an example of some thoughts you may have after you hairstylist cuts off way more hair than you asked them to?
THEN give an alternate, more neutral thought after the same situation
"I look a mess" "Everyone is gonna laugh at me" "Hairstylist must hate me" "I hate this"
"It's not what I was hoping for, but it's actually not that bad" "It'll grow on me" "It'll grow back"
Physical cues occur in our surrounding environment
What are the main 3 goals of interpersonal interactions?
Objective effectiveness
Relationship effectiveness
Self-respect effectiveness