Distress Tolerance 01
These are the two main categories of Distress Tolerance skills.
Crisis Survival and Radical Acceptance
When using distress tolerance skills, the goal is to make you feel better. True or False
False
What does the T in TIPP stand for
Temperature
What does DBT stand for?
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
True or False: Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
True
Catastrophic thinking is which of the three minds (emotional, logical, or wise)
Emotional
A skill that requires you to focus on making the exhale greater than the inhale.
Paced Breathing
What skill are we practicing when we use our five senses?
Self-Soothing
Who created DBT?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was developed by Marsha M. Linehan in the late 1980s.
What color blood do lobsters have?
Blue
Reality is as it is, realistic limitations on the future, everything has a cause, and life can be worth living even with painful events in it are examples of _____________?
What has to be accepted.
What does the TIPP skill stand for?
Tipping the Temperature, Intense Exercise, Paced Breathing, Paired Muscle Relaxation
Accepting reality with your body.
Half-Smile and Willing Hands
DAILY DOUBLE
True or False: DBT is the opposite of CBT?
DBT builds on CBT principles but adds a stronger focus on:
So instead of being opposite, DBT is more like an expanded version of CBT that balances change (CBT skills) with acceptance (mindfulness-based skills).
What is the oldest continuous sporting event in the U.S.?
The Kentucky Derby
DAILY DOUBLE : When we don’t accept reality as it is in the present moment, we run the risk of becoming ______ and having our ______ increase.
Stuck, Suffering
If the distress tolerance skill is not making you happy, that means the skill is not working for you. True or False
False : The purpose of a distress tolerance skills is to enable you to endure the distress without acting on urges or impulses that would make the situation worse.
This skill imagines a place where you can feel calm, peaceful and safe. You're "happy" place.
Imagery
True or False: Being angry and being assertive are the same thing.
False. Being assertive involves clear, respectful communication without aggression.
The sun is about HOW MANY times larger than the moon?
400
Accepting things for what they are.
Radical Acceptance
What does ACCEPTS stand for?
Activities, Contributing, Comparisons, Emotions, Pushing Away, Thoughts, Sensations
This skill involves intentionally tensing and then relaxing different muscle groups in the body, one at a time.
What are the four modules of DBT?
Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation and Distress Tolerance
True or False: McDonald’s once made cream-soda flavored broccoli.
False: They made bubblegum-flavored broccoli.