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This technique encourages expressing personal needs or feelings without blaming others, often using phrases like "I feel…"
What are "I statements"?
This type of therapy, abbreviated CBT, helps individuals change negative thought patterns and behaviors by focusing on the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
This type of therapy focuses on balancing acceptance and change, and includes skills like mindfulness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance.
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?
This mineral is found in milk and helps build strong bones and teeth.
What is calcium?
This term describes how much we value, respect, and feel confident about ourselves.
What is self-esteem?
This type of listening, essential for effective communication, involves fully focusing, understanding, and responding without interrupting.
What is active listening?
This thinking mistake involves expecting the worst possible outcome, even if it’s unlikely to happen.
What is catastrophizing?
In DBT, this skill involves six levels ranging from being present to showing radical genuineness to acknowledge others’ feelings.
What is validation?
Practicing this skill can help you manage stress and stay in touch with your feelings without focusing on food or weight
What is mindfulness?
Setting these in relationships and knowing your limits can enhance self-esteem and self-respect.
What are boundaries?
Used to calm distressing emotions, this DBT skill acronym represents TIPP:
Temperature, Intense Exercise, Paced Breathing, and Progressive Relaxation.
This type of thinking mistake involves believing you know what others are thinking, especially when it’s negative, without any real evidence.
What is mind reading?
This DBT skill helps improve relationships by focusing on being gentle, showing interest, validating, and using an easy manner.
What is the GIVE skill?
True or False: Skipping meals can slow down your metabolism.
What is true?
Practicing this type of self-talk, focusing on positive qualities and strengths, is essential for building self-esteem.
What is positive affirmations?
This DBT exercise, used to challenge assumptions and avoid jumping to conclusions, is referred to as
What is Check the Facts?
This mistake involves believing that events outside your control are unfair or personal, leading to feelings of resentment.
What is personalization?
The "I" in IMPROVE stands for this technique, where you shift your attention from the current situation by creating a different, positive imagery.
Answer: What is "Imagery"?
Name the practice of eating slowly, noticing the flavors and textures of food, and stopping when you feel satisfied
What is mindful eating?
This is a DBT skill that we can use for building our tolerance with body image but leaning into new experiences that we previously avoided because of our body image? (Ex: Going to a pool party even though you were afraid to wear a swimsuit in-front of others)
What is opposite action?
This DBT skill helps improve relationships by focusing on being gentle, showing interest, validating, and using an easy manner.
What is the GIVE skill?
This cognitive distortion involves making negative predictions about future events without considering other possible outcomes.
What is fortune telling?
This DBT strategy is for asking for needs while respecting boundaries...
What is DEARMAN?
This type of nutrient provides the main source of energy for your body, is your brains preferred fuel source, and is found in foods like bread and pasta.
What are carbohydrates?
A term that defines deeply held rules and assumptions about ourselves, others, and the world that shape our behaviors. Based on previous life experiences, they are often inflexible, and can be the root cause of our struggles with low self-esteem.
What are core beliefs?