DBT
What does DBT stand for?
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
What are the 4 DBT modules?
Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance, Interpersonal Effectiveness
DBT is explained using the _____ theory.
Biosocial
People may not have created their own ____ but they have to ____ them anyway.
Problems/ Solve
Someone saying to you: "Stop worrying, it's not a big deal. You're being so dramatic" is invalidating your what?
Feelings and Behaviours
What does DBT aim to replace?
DBT aims to replace problem behaviors with skillful behaviors.
What module teaches us skills that help us to tolerate stressful situations without making them worse?
Distress Tolerance
Biosocial theory: sometimes there is a bad fit between the ____ and the _____.
Person/ Environment.
True or False: Some people are just lazy and don't want to get better
An invalidating environment can contribute to an adolescent's _____ or ______ of their emotions
Suppression or Escalation
What are DBT skills used for?
DBT skills help people experience a range of emotions without acting on them and help teens navigate relationships.
Feeling your emotions quickly is an example of what?
High emotional sensitivity
Putting in your best effort regardless of the outcome is an example of what?
Doing the best that you can
True or False: Adolescents can invalidate others in their environments
True. If they lack the skills to validate, they can also invalidate the feelings, thoughts and behaviours of others
What is the purpose of DBT?
DBT helps people create a life worth living.
What module focuses on helping us build skills to better navigate relationships?
Interpersonal Effectiveness
High emotional reactivity describes the ______ of emotions
Intensity
Understanding that everyone has their own perspective is an example of what assumption?
There is no absolute truth
Occassional rewards or reinforcement make a behaviour ____ likely to be repeated and ______ to stop.
More/ Harder
What does Dialectical mean?
Dialectical = two opposite ideas can be true at the same time.
What module focuses on improving our ability to fully participate in experiences?
Mindfulness
Why does it take a long time for the emotions of highly reactive and sensitive people to return to baseline?
Because they are sensitive to things that can reactivate their emotions again and again as they are trying to regulate
Doing exactly what a situation calls for in an effective manner is considered what?
Willingness
Telling yourself "Why am I even crying right now? This isn't that big of a deal" is an example of what?
Self-invalidation