Mindfulness
A basic form of this includes focusing on the breath.
What is meditation?
Motivate and organize for action, communicate to and influence others, and communicate to ourselves are all examples of this.
What is what do emotions do for you?
The three types of this include: Objectives (getting what you want), Relationship (building or maintaining a relationship), and Self-Respect.
What is effectiveness?
Tamping down distress by using your 5 senses, finding things that soothe you through sight, sound, touch, taste, and hearing.
What is self soothing skills or creating a self soothing kit.
(Grounding also an acceptable answer)
Term for knowing what others are thinking (its never good)
What is the Cognitive Distortion : MINDREADING
When you make a decision about how to proceed skillfully and effectively on the basis of reason and emotion you are in this state of mind.
What is wise mind?
This involves planning in advance of a potentially triggering and difficult situation so that you are able to handle your emotions with skill in the situation.
What is cope ahead? (ABC of ER)
This set of skills is used for getting what you want.
This type of communication also involves expressing your emotions, describing the situation/problem, and asserting your needs.
What is DEAR MAN? or "I statement"
This skill set is utilized when you are in crisis to de-activate the sympathetic nervous system and activate the parasympathetic nervous system; This skill set is use to reduce extreme emotion mind swiftly.
What are TIPP skills?
All OR Nothing, Emotional Reasoning, Catastrophizing, Mental Filter, and Shoulds are all examples of these.
What are cognitive distortions?
What are WHAT skills?
This set of skills can help you to reduce vulnerability to emotion mind by addressing the needs of your physical self.
What are PLEASE skills?
Treat Physical Illness
Balance Eating
Avoid Mood Altering Substances
Balanced Sleep
Exercise
This set of skills is used for keeping the relationship.
What are Give skills?
Cleaning a room in your house, doing something thoughtful for someone, watching a reality show about others troubles, reading a joke book, putting the pain in a box on a shelf, counting the colors in a painting, and squeezing a rubber ball very hard are all examples of this type of skill.
What are distraction skills/ACCEPTS skills? OR Crisis survival skills
Completing one of these can help you to challenge and change distorted thinking patterns.
What is a thought record? or Catch IT, Check IT, Change It
Non-Judgmentally, One-Mindfully, Effectively are this component of mindfulness skills.
What are HOW skills?
This is a skill that can be used when your want to reduce a negative emotion by changing a behavior (not necessarily waiting for a thought to change)
What is OTE (Opposite To Emotion Action)?
This set of skills is used for maintaining self-respect.
What are FAST skills?
Active participation in reality. Doing just what is needed in each situation without dragging your feet. Readiness to enter and participate fully in life and living.
What is Willingness
STOPP or STOMP
What is: Stop, Take a Breath, Observe, Pull back, Practice What works
OR
Stop, Take a Breath, Observe, think about what Matters, Proceed
(quick method for ending negative/unhealthy thought stream)
You are in this state of mind when your actions are ruled by facts and logic AND you are in this state of mind when your actions are ruled by your moods and feelings. It is not ideal to act exclusively from either of these states of mind.
What is Reasonable Mind AND Emotion Mind?
Doing one thing each day that makes you feel competent and effective or accomplished. You can build on this to increase the feeling of competence each day.
What is Build(ing) Mastery?
This type of communication involves expressing your emotions, describing the situation/problem, and asserting your needs.
What is an "I Statement?"
You are practicing this when you stop fighting reality, stop throwing tantrums because reality is not the way that you want it to be. This is to acknowledge causes of reality. It is not approval of reality or passivity.
What is Radical Acceptance?
These are a type of distorted thought that are deeply held and more resistant to change. They are formed early in life and are absolute statements about ourselves, others, and the world.
What are core beliefs?