Cognitive Restructuring
What is a behavior chain?
what is a tool that helps us look inside our heads to see the thoughts and feelings.
Time your breathing pace
Paced Breathing
Deep breathing
1: decide what you would like to know more about.
2: decide whom to ask.
3 think about different ways to ask your question and pick one way
Asking a question
1: tune into what’s going on in your body that helps you know what you are feeling.
2: decide what happened to make you feel that way
Knowing your feelings
1: tune into what’s going on in your body that helps you know you’re about to lose control.
2: decide what happened to make you feel this way
3: think about ways and what you might control yourself.
Using self-control
What is the first goal to a behavior chain?
To paint a clear picture of what’s goes on in a person head.
Simply choose a number above 20 and count backwards?
Counting Backwards
1: name the first person until him or her the name of the second person.
2: name the second person and tell him or her the first person.
Introducing other people
1: decide if you are afraid
2: think about what you might be afraid of
3: figure out if the fear is realistic
Dealing with fear
1: stop and think about why you want to fight.
2: the sign what you want to happen in a long round
3: think about other ways to handle the situation besides fighting
Keeping out of fights
What is the second goal to a behavior chain?
Help restructure our thoughts
Close your eye and imagine a peaceful scene?
Pleasant Imagery
1: choose the right time place to introduce yourself
2: greet the other person tell your name
3: ask the other person answer his or her if you need to
Introducing yourself
1: watch the other person
2: listen to what the other person is saying
3: figure out what the other person might be feeling
Understanding the feelings of others
1: decide if you any other person are having a difference of opinion.
2:Tell the other person what you think about the problem.
3: ask the other person what he/she thinks about the problem
Negotiating
What are the keys elements to a thinking report?
Thought box
How you to replace risky thoughts with replacement thoughts
Replace these risky thoughts with healthy self-talk
Self-talk
Positive self-talk
1: look at the other person who is talking
2: think about what is being said
3: wait your turn to talk?
Listening
1: decide if you have good feelings about the other person
2: the side of the other person would like to know about your feelings.
3: choose the best way to express your feelingsExpressing affection
1: decide what you would like to do for which you need permission.
2: decide whom you have to ask for permission.
3: decide how to ask for permissionAsking permission
What other tool can help identify risky behavior?
Cost-benefit analysis
Decide if you are in a potentially risky situation
Taking a break
1: greet the other person
2: makes small talk
3: decide if the other person is listening
Starting a conversation
1: listen to the other person who is angry
2: trying to understand what the angry person is saying and feeling.
3: the site if you can say or do something to deal with the situation.
Dealing with someone else’s anger
1: decide if you are being teased.
2: think about ways to deal with the teasing
Responding to teasing