Thinking Traps
A type of thinking that has a negative swing, and prevents you from seeing the situation as it truly is.
What is Stinking Thinking, Thinking Traps, and/or Thought Distortions?
Social skills, like any skill, can become rusty and need ______.
What is practice?
The virtual platform used for this group.
What is Microsoft Teams?
4 counts in, 4 counts out. The magic number for this practice.
What is Deep breathing.
The process of facing fears, by gradually and repeatedly going into feared situations until you feel less anxious. It will NOT make your fear worse!
What is Exposure?
Having to get everything right, all of the time.
What is perfectionism or perfectionist expectations?
Talking about shared ___________ is a great way to start and maintain conversations, which can lead to making friends.
What are Interests?
Laura's rescue pup from Texas. Isn't she the goodest girl!?
Who is Gracy?
Training our body to relax, one muscle group at a time!
What is Tense and Relax?
We used this analogy for the concept of exposure. Brrrr that's cold!
What is a pool?
What is Catastrophizing?
What have you been up to today? Is an example of what type of question.
What is an Open Ended Question?
The Group Moto.
What is "the only way out is through"?
This relaxation strategy can be used anytime, anywhere. Mmm Oxygen.
What is deep breathing?
This tool challenges us to face the things that we fear, avoid, or make us anxious. Step by step!
What is a Fear Ladder?
Assuming you know what others are thinking. What are you, psychic!?
What is Mind Reading?
Communicating your wants and needs, while respecting the wants and needs of others.
What is Assertive Communication?
The three points of the Cognitive Triangle.
What are Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviours?
Take a mental vacation to this place... Ahhhh, that's better!
What is a happy place?
Group is over, but your progress isn't! Use this tool to keep practicing exposures and reflecting on what you learned.
What is the Facing Fears Form?
Assuming the outcome will be poor or negative, ignoring the chance it could be neutral or even positive!
What is overestimating the negative?
"I feel like I am doing the majority of the work for this assignment, I know you are busy, I would appreciate splitting the work up more evenly" Is an example of what kind of assertive statement.
What is an "I Statement"?
The O in STOP Skill reminds us to consider _____ helpful thoughts.
What is other helpful thoughts?
Improved sleep, less pain in body, better focus, slowed heart rate, less fatigue/tiredness, are some of the many __________.
What are Benefits of Relaxation?
The tool we used to help us rate our fear from 1-10 in order to create our fear ladders. We did not use it to check the temperature outside!
What is the Fear Thermometer?