DBT Basics
This is the founder of Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
Who is Marsha Linehan?
This is the primary goal of Stage 1 DBT.
What is achieving behavioral stabilization?
This skill helps clients describe their observations nonjudgmentally and stay in the present moment.
What is Mindfulness?
This term describes the weekly DBT component that focuses on skill-building.
What is skills group?
The "A" in ACT stands for this therapeutic concept.
What is Acceptance?
This diagnosis was the original clinical focus of DBT.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
These three categories define Stage 1 treatment targets.
What are life-threatening behaviors, therapy-interfering behaviors, and quality-of-life-interfering behaviors?
The skill used for asking for something or saying no while maintaining self-respect.
What is DEAR MAN?
This kind of phone coaching is a unique aspect of DBT.
What is between-session coaching for skills generalization?
ACT emphasizes this process over symptom reduction.
What is psychological flexibility?
These are the four main skill modules in DBT.
What are Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness?
This is the focus of Stage 2 DBT.
What is reducing trauma-related emotional experiencing or treating PTSD symptoms?
This distress tolerance skill involves changing your body temperature, intense exercise, paced breathing, and progressive muscle relaxation.
What are TIPP skills?
This strategy helps therapists manage their own reactions and avoid burnout.
What is consultation team?
These are the six core processes of ACT.
What are acceptance, defusion, present moment, self-as-context, values, and committed action?
This term describes DBT’s emphasis on both acceptance and change.
What is the dialectic?
This DBT concept emphasizes prioritizing suicidal behaviors over other concerns.
What is the treatment hierarchy?
DBT teaches this skill to reduce emotional vulnerability through balanced eating, sleep, exercise, and medication adherence.
What is the PLEASE skill?
DBT assumes that clients are doing this at any given time.
What is doing the best they can?
This ACT concept involves distancing oneself from unhelpful thoughts.
What is cognitive defusion?
DBT is considered a form of this type of evidence-based therapy.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
Stage 4 of DBT focuses on achieving this.
What is a sense of completeness or spiritual fulfillment?
This DBT technique helps clients validate their own and others’ emotions to reduce interpersonal conflict.
What is validation?
This type of behavior may involve canceling sessions, attacking the therapist, or avoiding tasks, and is a key DBT target.
What is therapy-interfering behavior?
This metaphor helps clients accept pain while pursuing valued directions.
What is the passengers on the bus metaphor?