DBT Basics
Modules
Acronyms
True or False
Skills
100

What does DBT stand for?

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy 

100

FREE BEE GROUP QUESTION: Which one is your favorite?

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100

Which of the following is a DBT acronym? 

A.) STOP IT 

B.) DEARMAN 

C.) EXCEPT 

D.) CHEESE 

B.) DEARMAN 

100

True or False: 

The two mindfulness skills are How skills and Where skills

False 

It is the "How" skills and "
What" skills 

100

What is the point of making a Pros and Cons list?

Understanding if an action will mostly benefit or harm us. It helps us move forward mindfully.

200

What are the four modules of DBT? 

*Mindfulness

*Distress tolerance 

*Emotion Regulation 

*Interpersonal Effectiveness

200

What is Mindfulness?

Being in the present moment without judgement.



200

What is a priority in the ABC PLEASE acronym?

Physical Illness

200

True or false: 

There are four state of mind in DBT?

False 

there are 3: reasonable mind, wise mind, and emotional mind 

200

What is Radical Acceptance?

Accepting what we can not change.

300

What is the purpose of DBT?

To learn how to cope with intense emotions and lead a life worth living

300

What is Emotional Regulation?

It can include: naming and understanding our own emotions before acting, decreasing the frequency of unpleasant emotions, decreasing our vulnerability to emotions, and decreasing emotional suffering.

300

What is not a part of TIPP?

A.) Temperature

B.) Intense Jazzercise

C.) Paced Breathing

D.) Progressive Muscle Relaxation

B.) Intense Jazzercise

300

True or False: 

Emotion Regulation skills help decrease our emotional suffering 

True

300

What is Wise Mind?

The middle ground of our reasonable (upstairs) and emotional (downstairs) mind.

400

What does DBT aim to replace?

Unhelpful behaviors with skillful behaviors 

400

What is Interpersonal Effectiveness?

It can include: knowing how to ask what you want in a way that respects you and the other person (being assertive), building healthy relationships, having boundaries, and caring for others

400

What does DEAR MAN help us do?

Ask for something in an effective, assertive, and respectful way.

400

True or false:

Distress tolerance is learning to cope with emotional events

True

400

How can we use our 5 Senses to cope?

Use things we can see, hear, touch, smell, and taste to ground when feeling distressed.

500

What does Dialectical mean? 

Two opposite ideas can be true at the same time.

500

What is Distress Tolerance?

It can include: accepting what can not be changed, learning how to tolerate everyday stressors and big stressors, avoiding impulsive reactions, and "weathering the storm of emotions"

500

What does STOP stand for?

*Stop

*Take a step back

*Observe

*Proceed mindfully

500

True or False: 

The reasonable mind is the balance of the wise mind and emotional mind

False

500

What is Opposite Action?

Meeting a need by engaging in an action opposite from our immediate reaction (e.g. walking away instead of yelling).

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