DBT Skills
This skill is presented with the acronym TIPP, what does each letter stand for. Must get each letter correct.
What is Temperature, Intense Exercise, Paced Breathing and Progressive Muscle relaxation
True or false: You have to remember details within a traumatic memory to effectively process?
What is False
Identifying these 3 types of triggers can help in a relapse prevention plan?
Internal, External and Sensory
What do emotions tell us?
What is provide information about our needs and if they are being met or not.
This common recovery slogan reminds people to focus only on today instead of worrying about the future.
What is One Day at a Time
What are the 4 core skill modules in DBT work?
What are Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation and Interpersonal Effectiveness
What skills or practices can you establish where if you feel unsafe, you can do these things?
Hint: keep is broad
What are:
Grounding techniques (breathing, senses, mindfulness)
Creating a “safety plan” for triggers or cravings
Knowing who to call or where to go when feeling unsafe
A individual feels irritable and begins rationalizing using substances after a stressful day at work. Instead of acting on the urge, they call their sponsor, journal their feelings, and take a walk.
What can those 3 actions be considered?
What is Coping Skills
This statement is false: Emotional regulation requires completely eliminating negative emotions
What is the goal of emotional regulation?
What is to eliminate emotions but to manage them and respond effectively.
In the HBO series The Wire, this recovering heroin addict becomes one of the show’s most beloved characters while working as a police informant.
Who is Bubbles
What is Observe, Describe and Participate
What Seeking Safety skill is this an example of:
"I used coke last night. I am such a loser and can't do anything right"
VS.
"I know coke is bad for me, but I did it anyway. There must be a reason, I think I'm upset about my partner cheating on me. Next time I feel this urge I can address it openly by calling someone. I can do this"
What is Compassion:
Harsh Self-Talk vs. Compassionate Self-Talk
A person begins craving substances after remembering a stressful argument with a friend, even though they are sitting safely at home.
What is Internal
This type of therapy focuses on noticing and releasing tension stored in the body from trauma, stress, or past substance use, often using techniques like breathwork, grounding, movement, or body awareness.
What is Somatic Therapy
This actor and former member of the Saturday Night Live cast has openly talked about his recovery from substance use.
Who is Pete Davidson
A person notices themselves scrolling through old photos from a time when they were using. Recognizing the trigger, they stop, close the app, and intentionally 'turn away' and shift attention to a coping activity like exercise.
What is the U-Turn
What is:
Sympathetic: ACTIVATION, Activated during danger, stress, or physical activity. It increases heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing rate, while dilating pupils and inhibiting digestion.
Parasympathetic: DEACTIVATION, Dominates during quiet, resting conditions. It decreases heart rate and blood pressure, stimulates digestion, and promotes relaxation
This relapse prevention concept describes the sequence of emotional, cognitive, and behavioral events—starting with a trigger, progressing through risky thoughts and feelings, and potentially ending in substance use—helping individuals identify points to intervene.
What is the Relapse Chain
What is an example of 'what goes up, must come down'?
Increased heart rate-decrease in heart rate
Excitement-Relaxed
Finish the phrase: “Meeting makers make ______.”
What is IT
TWO Part Question:
1. What is the meaning of Dialectics
2. Give an example of using the All or Something Skill
1. Two opposing things being true at once
2. Even if you cannot get everything on your recovery list done for that day or even that week, you can do "one small something" to indicate action to recovery.
What are the 11 Posttraumatic Growth Group Rules that we follow in session here at Avatar?
What are Confidentiality, Respect, Non-Judgmental, Active Listening, Participation, Punctuality, No Crosstalk, Use I Statements, No Rescuing, No Distractions, Follow the Facilitator's Guidance
What are 5 examples of Urge and Craving Management
1. Urge Surfing
2. Pause/Delay and Distract
3. Behavior Replacement/Opposite Action
4. Coping Statements/Cognitive Restructuring/Playing the Tape
5. Grounding and Mindfulness
*Not listed you have to plead your case
What are 3 body awareness techniques? I am looking for the broad title for each category
What is Mindful Body Scan, Grounding Through Physical Sensations and Movement Based Awareness
This 1994 album by Nine Inch Nails contains the song Hurt, later famously covered by Johnny Cash and often associated with themes of addiction and regret.
What is Downward Spiral