Definitions
Avoidance Tactics
Diversion Tactics
Aggressive Tactics
Random Tactics
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Avoidance, Diversion and Aggression

What are the 3 categories of tactics?

100

When you sit quietly to avoid detection or no head in agreement

What is staying silent to avoid notice?

100
talking very quickly or slowly, 'taking someone for a ride around the block', telling different versions of a story so others cannot follow
What is deliberately trying to confuse?
100
When you let your anger go completely uncontrolled to keep others at a distance or feel in control.

What is Raging?

100

When a person focuses on proving the other person in the discussion is wrong in order to make them feel in control or dominant over the other person. 

What is arguing?

200

a behavior that a person has developed as a result of their thinking

What is a tactic?

200

when a person pays attention to or only remembers what they want

What is selective memory & attention?

200

when you move attention onto someone else and talk about what they have done wrong

What is pointing out the faults in others?

200

when you make statements about others that are intended to make them feel stupid, worthless or just criticize other. 

What is sarcasm & teasing?

200

when you say "I don't know" or I don't remember" to protect yourself

What is being deliberately vague?

300

if you are using a tactic for irresponsible or harmful purposes

When do tactics become criminal?

300

admitting to something by making it seem less important or harmful then it was

What is minimizing or trivializing?

300
When you introduce topics of personal interest, details about their history, or bring up sensitive topics to minimize or justify your responsibility. Could also tell stories that don't seem related. 

What is introducing irrelevant issues?

300

When you intentionally pit one staff member against another.

What is staff spitting?

300

bringing up relevant treatment issues with the intention of distracting from the true topic at hand 

What is a Smokescreen?

400

everyone

Who uses tactics?

400

by saying they do not understand in order to avoid accountability

What is playing dumb?

400

When you make small things much bigger to take the attention off yourself

What is Magnifying or exaggerating significance?

400
When you intentionally use aggressive behavior to feel powerful, control your environment or to demonstrate they cannot be controlled by treatment. 

What is creating chaos?

400

when you assent or say what you think people want to hear just to get by with doing as little as possible

What is false compliace?
500

By helping to maintain cognitive distortions, deny criminal behavior, deny need for change and allow for certain feelings to continue. 

How do tactics support a criminal lifestyle?

500

Leaving out details or add to a story with false facts to make you look better

What is lying by omission or commission?

500

when you pick apart the meaning of words used by others or play semantics

What is quibbling over word?

500

When you pull attention away from others and onto yourself to monopolize the group or refuse to participate. 

What attention seeking? 

500
When you put yourself down in order to give the appearance of doing therapeutic work in order to avoid focusing on change or an out of taking responsibility.
What is using self shaming to avoid responsibility?
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