ACT
What does A-C-T stand for?
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to embrace their thoughts and feelings rather than fighting or feeling guilty for them.
A: Accepting thoughts and feelings
C: Connect to your values
T: Take committed action
List 3 avoidance techniques
Counteract them with 3 new ways to engage in healthy behavior
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STS
Specialized Therapeutic Services
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
How to manage negative and or overwhelming emotions, while increasing positive experiences
What is Emotional Regulation?
Resisting Crisis Urges
What is distress tolerance?
Activities that give our lives meaning.
What are VALUES
A balance between rational and emotional mind What is Wise Mind?
What is Wise Mind?
What are the stages of grief?
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance
When your emotions do not fit the facts, or when acting on your emotions is not effective _____________ will change your emotional responses
What is Opposite Action?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What does STOP skill stand for?
S- stop
T- take a step back
O- observe
P- proceed mindfully
Having a thought, not becoming a thought
Cognitive Defusion
What can cause us to violate or dismiss our own boundaries?
Not having the skills
Not having the confidence/self-worth
Sparing other people's feelings
Avoiding conflict/discomfort
3 things you have control of
My Thoughts
My Feelings
My Behaviors
Acknowledging that a person’s emotions, thoughts, and behaviors have causes and are therefore understandable
What is Validation?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What does the "T" in TIP SKILLS Stand for?
Tip the Temperature of your face with cold water* (to calm down fast) •• Holding your breath, put your face in a bowl of cold water, or hold a cold pack (or zip-lock bag of cold water) on your eyes and cheeks. •• Hold for 30 seconds. Keep water above 50°F.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
List the 6 Processes of ACT
Acceptance, Cognitive Defusion, Being Present, Self as Context, Values, and Committed Action
Irrational thought patterns that can influence your emotions: give three examples.
Cognitive Distortions/Stuck Points
Catastrophizing, Fortune Telling, Emotional Reasoning, All-Or-Nothing
True or False: You can be subjected to discharge if missing three days in a row and/or excessive absences during the course of your programming?
When you stop fighting reality because it's not going your way.
Radical Acceptance
When you stop fighting reality, stop responding with impulsive or destructive behaviors when things aren't going the way you want them to, and let go of bitterness that may be keeping you trapped in a cycle of suffering
Radical Acceptance
Reacting lighting fast to threats
What is Caveman Brain
FACT or FEELING: I am never going to be successful at my job, because I am not as smart as everyone else.
Feeling
Everything is made up of opposites and that change occurs when there is a dialogue between the opposing ends
What is dialectics?
What is the "A" in PLEASE (ABC Please) stand for?
Avoid Mood-Altering Substances
Examines the chain of events that leads to ineffective behaviors, as well as the consequences of those behaviors that may be making it hard to change them. It also helps you figure out how to repair the damage.
What is Chain Analysis?