Week 1
Name the State of Mind...Emilee Punched the wall after getting to an argument with her mother.
Emotional Mind
What are the two Mindfulness Skills?
WHAT and HOW skills
What's one thing emotions motivates us to do?
Motivates us to take ACTION.
What are the PLEASE Skill?
Physical Illness, Eat well, Avoid substances, Sleep, and Exercise
What are the 3 states of mind?
Emotion, Wise, and Reason Mind.
What is the WHAT Skills?
Observe, Describe, Participate
Are emotions positive or negative?
Can be both depending on how you view it.
Purpose of Check the FACTS ?
Checking the facts helps us figure out if our interpretations, emotional intensity, and the duration we experience the emotion fits the actual facts of the facts.
What is mindfulness?
The practice of being in the present.
What is the HOW Skills?
One Thing, Non-Judgmentally, Effective
What is the purpose of the Surf the Wave skill ?
A reminder that emotions are not permanent.
States of the Model of Emotions
Event, Interpretation, feeling, urge/beahvior
I am failing my class because I don't understand my teachers accent, so I decided to put my head down during a test? How can I handle this in a WISE MIND State?
Communicate and talk to the teacher and explain or seek a higher source of help.
What do we do when we are using what we noticed to make an effective decision?
Participate
What does DBT stand for?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
How do I stay Non- Judgmental?
Focus on the facts.
Two steps to surf the wave?
1. Pay attention to what your feeling.
2. Notice what your feeling in your body.
3. Separate yourself from the emotion
4.Remember that emotions come and go