DBT Skills
Program Rules
CBT Concepts
ACT Skills
Spooky Facts
100
A form of meditative practice that has been used for thousands of years in the Eastern world.
Mindfulness
100
If you have a question, yell it as loud as you can and someone will take care of it for you.
False - please ask a staff member if you're unable to figure out the question on your own.
100
3 parts of CBT
Thoughts
Feelings
Behaviors
100
What does ACT stand for?
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
100
It's a myth that you can die from holding in a sneeze.
False - Technically it’s not impossible to die from holding in a sneeze. Some injuries from holding in a sneeze can be very serious, such as ruptured brain aneurysms, ruptured throat, and collapsed lungs.
200
Emotionally regulating through the use of ice/heat, breathing exercises, etc.
TIPP
200
Your therapist is ethically and legally obligated to maintain confidentiality about you and your treatment, unless you sign a release of information
True
200
ABC's of CBT
Activating event
Belief I tell myself
Consequence
200
These act like a compass and give our lives meaning.
Values
200
Spiders are getting bigger.
True - due to the change in climate over time, early snow melt is causing females spiders to grow in size.
300
STOP
Stop what you're doing
Take a break
Observe
Proceed Mindfully
300
It is the staff's responsibility to make patients happy.
False - we try our best, but treatment is collaborative.
300
True or false? According to CBT, if our mental representations are inaccurate or our ways of reasoning are inadequate then our emotions and behavior may become disordered.
True!
300
Looking AT thoughts rather than FROM thoughts
Cognitive diffusion
300
Surgeons can put a tooth in a blind person’s eye to restore their sight.
True! It's been happening since the 1960's.
400
"Does the intensity of my emotions match the situation?"
Checking the facts
400
Cell phone are completely off limits during treatment hours. No exceptions.
False - phase 3 & 4 can use their phones during breaks and exceptions are made in cases of emergency.
400
A person's most central and fundamental ideas about themselves, others, and the world
Core belief
400
RAIN
Recognize
Accept
Investigate
Nurture
400
No known creature on the planet that lives forever.
False. The Turritopsis Dohrnii jellyfish is officially known as the only immortal creature in the world. It lives forever.
500
DEARMAN
DESCRIBE the situation
EXPRESS your feelings
ASSERT what you want
REINFORCE what you want
be MINDFUL
APPEAR confident
NEGOTIATE
500
The Phases
1 - Awareness
2 - Ownership
3 - Commitment
4 - Self-Direction
500
An organizing framework of the mind.
Schemas
500
"I'm a strong person, I don't need any help."
Self as concept
500
The chainsaw was originally invented to assist childbirth.
True! A small, hand cranked chain saw was invented to do a procedure called a symphysiotomy. It cut through the pelvic bones at the front to open up the pelvic brim, giving more space for the baby to be delivered through.