Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
A.C.T. stands for?
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
What does CBT stand for?
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Share a coping skill and explain how it helps you
Thanks!
What is the term for feeling stressed or anxious but being able to cope and recover?
Resilience
True or False: Less than 50% of adults with mental health conditions receive treatment
True
Define Acceptance
Opening up and making room for painful feelings, sensations, urges, and emotions
CBT focuses on changing what two things
Thoughts and behaviors
Identify two maladaptive coping skills
Drinking, smoking, fighting, over sleeping, overeating, not sleeping, not eating
Signs someone could be struggling with their mental health
changes in mood, withdrawal from social activities, changes in sleep or appetite, and difficulty concentrating.
What is the most common type of mental illness in the United States?
Anxiety
True or false: Acceptance means you like the emotions or thoughts
False, acceptance is about making room for them, not liking or agreeing with them
What are the three components for the CBT triangle?
Thoughts, emotions, behaviors
What is a coping skill you have learned here?
Thanks for sharing!
What practice involves paying attention to the present moment non-judgmentally to enhance mental health?
Mindfulness
True or False: Medication and therapy are the most successful tools in dealing with mental health challenges.
True
True or False: We can avoid suffering and painful experiences.
False
Name a condition that CBT is particularly effective at treating
Depression or anxiety disorders
True/False: People are born knowing how to regulate their emotions.
False.
True or false: all stress is bad.
False. Some stress can be motivating and is a natural reaction your body has to certain events. It can sometimes give us an "extra push". When stress becomes too much to handle, that might be an indication to start making some positive mental health changes
What are the three types of stress response?
Fight, flight, freeze
What is a technique to help you be in the present moment?
Meditation, progressive muscle relaxation, being aware of your surroundings
Who created CBT?
Aaron Beck
Explain how social support an adaptive coping skill can be an adaptive coping skill
Connection with others, trust with others, relationships
True or False: There is a single cause for mental health
FALSE
There is no single cause but a number of factors can contribute
Which neurotransmitter is often called the “feel-good” chemical?
Serotonin