Stages 1
______ is keeping sensitive information private. In treatment, ______ includes maintaining the privacy of information shared between you and your therapist, as well as information that you or others share in group therapy.
Confidentiality
Is there a connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors?
Name the 6 stages of the Behavior Cycle.
1. Event
2. Trigger
3. Feeling
4. Thought
5. Behavior
6. Outcome
_____ is understanding and caring about the feelings of another person; understanding how another person feels, and experiencing some of those feelings yourself, and because of that wanting to help others in distress.
Empathy
_____ is the personal territory, or space, with which people surround themselves in order to keep themselves private or safe. This also applies to physical and emotional space.
Boundary
Define thinking errors. Bonus point for an example.
Ways of thinking that are based on inaccurate or mistaken ideas.
Can you interrupt your dysfunctional behavioral cycle? When?
YES ANY TIME!!!!
Describe the difference between physical harm and emotional harm.
1. Being physically hurt
2. Being frightened, loss of trust in others, being emotionally damaged, difficulty in other relationships
Name 2 examples of social skills.
Answers may vary. Some examples:
1. Personal hygiene
2. Coping with difficult situations
3. Knowing how to deal with other people
4. Conducting yourself in public
Give an example of an UNHEALTHY coping mechanism.
Answers may vary
What are Seemingly Unimportant Decisions (SUDs)? Bonus point for an example.
Choices and actions that seem trivial and unimportant, but are actually small steps that return you to a problem situation or behavior.
Name 1 obstacle to good communication.
2. The ability to understand someone else’s point of view.
3. The ability to stay things we want to say in a way that we get heard.
4. How to listen to others so that we hear what they are really trying to say.
Consensual = freely giving someone permission to do something, without being coerced or forced.
Non-consensual = things you do without the clear permission of the other person. Even if the other person gives consent, the sexual act is non-consensual if the other person is not old enough or capable of giving consent.
Define pro-social.
Attitudes, values, behaviors, and interactions with people that are positive and support people and social expectations and rules.
What is “sexualized coping?”
Using sexual behavior to try to cope with feelings or life situations.
Give 3 examples of nonverbal communication.
Facial expressions, eye contact, hand gestures, body posture.
What is a hands-off sexual offense? Bonus point for an example.
“No touch” sexual behaviors because no actual contact is made.
Name this thinking error: “You try to use your ideas and intellect to sidetrack the issue and to out-think other people, replying on excuses and explanations.”
Intellectualization
What is the goal of a relapse prevention plan?
Breaking the re-offense cycle
How is being assertive different than being aggressive?
Being assertive is being confident and self-assured while speaking your mind clearly. Being aggressive is acting in a hostile or destructive way, using force or hostility to communicate with others as a way to get them to do what you want.