What is DBT?
What does DBT stand for?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
What are the 5 skill areas in this DBT course?
True or false: an invalidating social environment can make it very hard to regulate emotions.
TRUE: an invalidating environment may look like: inappropriate responses from caregivers (usually unintentional) and/or trauma/abuse
True or false: People are not to come to sessions under the influence of drugs or alcohol
TRUE. Please come sober, every time, the whole time.
People are doing....
the best they can, with the skills they have.
What does "dialectical" mean?
Dialectical means that two opposite ideas can be true at the same time. There is always more than one way to think about a situation. (new HANDOUT)
If you are experiencing problems with impulsivity, acting without thinking it all through, escaping or avoiding emotional experiences which skill could you increase to help you?
Distress tolerance skills
What is an invalidating environment?
How many group sessions can you miss in a 24 week program before you are considered dropped out of treatment?
4
TRUE
DBT is an effective treatment for people who...
have difficulty controlling their emotions and behaviors.
Fast intense mood changes with little control and/or steady negative emotional state; mood-dependent behaviors are all examples of which problem behavior?
Emotional Dysregulation
What is happening in the BIO side of Biosocial Theory?
There is a biological vulnerability to emotions:
1. high sensitivity
2. high reactivity
3. slow return to baseline
PLUS an inability to effectively regulate emotions
What are Kelsey and Hannah's phone numbers?
H-412-303-4627
This is to ensure that you have them to notify us if you wont be able to make it or if you are running late. This is also to remind you of the guidelines to not contact one another in a crisis situation and to reach out to your therapist.
People may not have caused all of their own problems and they have to ______ anyway.
SOLVE THEM
DBT aims to replace ______ behaviors with _____ behaviors.
1. problem 2. skillful
If you happen to be unsure what you are feeling, not knowing why you get upset, what your goals are, and/or difficulty staying focused, this skill may help you...
Mindfulness skills
Sometimes an invalidating environment leads to a person feeling confused and unable to trust one's own emotional experiences, this is known as....
Self-invalidation
True or false: Information obtained during sessions (including names of other group members) can be shared outside of group
FALSE: Please, respect one another and keep information- including people's names confidential.
True or false: Teens and their families cannot fail in DBT.
TRUE, you cannot fail. You may not be ready or it may not work out at this time.
DBT helps people create a ________.
LIFE WORTH LIVING!
Do you know what your goals are?Which behaviors you'd like to decrease and which to increase?
Cool, cool, cool. If you do, write them down now! If you don't, take time now to think about them and then write them down. If they are the same as before- let's see if we can add more detail to them :) This is not a true Jeopardy question as there is no right answer.
Over time, the biological factors mixed with social/environmental factors leads to...
What are guidelines 7, 8, and 9 in the DBT manual?
If you ding in, your team reads these 3 guidelines to the group :) and while we're at it, let's discuss phone usage and risky behaviors.
What are DBT assumptions 3 and 7 in the manual?
Please read these to the group from your manual along with 5 and 6 :)