CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
his CBT model suggests thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are all connected.
What is the CBT triangle?
This type of self-talk builds confidence and motivation.
What is positive self-talk?
This is the ability to manage and respond to emotional experiences.
What is emotional regulation?
This is when someone avoids thinking about painful thoughts.
What is repression?
This chemical messenger is often linked to happiness and reward.
What is dopamine?
This type of thinking assumes the worst will happen.
What is catastrophizing?
This practice involves treating yourself with the same kindness you’d give a friend.
What is self-compassion?
This DBT skill uses the acronym STOP.
What is distress tolerance?
This is when someone blames others for their own feelings or actions.
What is projection?
This is the only food that never spoils and has been found edible in ancient Egyptian tombs.
What is honey?
This CBT skill involves questioning whether a thought is 100% true.
What is cognitive restructuring (or thought challenging)?
This cognitive distortion involves assuming others are evaluating you negatively without clear evidence.
What is mind reading?
Naming this can help reduce its intensity.
What are emotions?
This is acting younger than your age when stressed.
What is regression?
This fruit is actually made up of multiple flowers fused together.
What is a fig?
In CBT, changing this leads to changes in feelings and behaviors.
What are thoughts (cognitions)?
This cognitive bias causes people with low self-esteem to ignore positive feedback and focus only on criticism.
What is negativity bias (or discounting the positive)?
This skill involves noticing emotions without immediately reacting.
What is mindfulness?
his is when someone justifies behavior with logical but false explanations.
What is rationalization?
This object was originally invented as a wallpaper cleaner before becoming a household staple toy.
What is Silly Putty?
This CBT concept refers to deeply held beliefs about self, others, and the world that shape automatic thoughts.
What are core beliefs?
This type of self-esteem is stable and less dependent on external validation or success.
What is intrinsic (or internal) self-esteem?
This part of the brain helps with decision-making and impulse control.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This defense mechanism involves shifting emotions from the original source of stress to a safer target.
What is displacement?
This animal’s heart is roughly the size of a small car.
What is a blue whale?