Coping skills
A coping skill that can help calm you down. "In through your nose out through your mouth."
Deep-breathing
Catastophizing
Seeing only the worst possible outcomes of a situation.
Avoidance
A maladaptive coping skill that offers the mind an escape from uncomfortable thoughts, feeling, and or experiences.
What is group therapy?
A form of therapy where a small group of people with similar experiences or challenges meet regularly under the guidance of a therapist.
What is my favorite color?
Red.
Mindfulness is a practice of paying attention to the present moment without judgment, focusing on sensations and thoughts as they arise.
All-or-nothing thinking
Thinking in absolutes such as “always,” “never,” or “every.” “I never do a good enough job on anything.”
Explain how sleeping can be maladaptive
It's avoidance (open ended)
What is Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Based on the premise that our thoughts, beliefs, and emotions influence our actions. By changing how we think we can change our behavior.
What Pokemon is brown comes out of the ground and at one point in it's evolution has three heads?
Diglet
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 skill? And what type of skill is it?
"5-4-3-2-1"
5 things to see
4 things to hear
3 things to touch
2 things to smell
1 thing to taste
Emotional reasoning
The assumption that emotions reflect the way things really are. “I feel like a bad friend, therefore I must be a bad friend.”
Explain how substance use is maladaptive
Avoiding feeling sensations or dealing with uncomfortable emotions/experiences
What is Exposure Therapy?
Exposure therapy is gradually exposing oneself to a negative stimuli at small increments to eventually desensitize yourself to the stress inducing experience or stimuli.
Who sings Purple Rain?
Prince!
any behaviour an individual uses to regulate their emotional state by themselves
Self-soothing
Mind reading
Interpreting the thoughts and beliefs of others without adequate evidence. “She wouldn’t go on a date with me. She probably thinks I’m ugly.”
Rumination
Dwelling excessively on negative thoughts/feelings.
What is Equine Therapy?
A therapy that uses horses to promote mental and physical well-being.
Jane - wanted others to suffer
Alec- wanted to not feel pain
What is a (DBT) crisis coping skill or an example of one we have talked about.
crisis survival skills are short-term coping strategies used to manage intense emotional pain and prevent impulsive behaviors during a crisis. These skills help individuals regulate their emotions and make mindful choices rather than acting impulsively. Key skills include STOP, ACCEPTS, SELF-SOOTHER, IMPROVE the Moment, and TIPP.
Magnification and minimization
Exaggerating or minimizing the importance of events. You might believe your own achievements are unimportant or that your mistakes are excessively important.
Explain why emotional suppression or numbing is maladaptive.
Bottling emotions up can lead to a break down, outburst, crying spells, or other forms of harmful behaviors.
What is Art Therapy?
A DREAM!