Middle Path
What is a dialectic?
Two opposing things can both be true. Two perspectives can exist at the same time.
Who created DBT?
Marsha Linehan
What is distress tolerance?
What is: a module to help work through and survive a crisis without making things worse.
What is the first step of emotional regulation?
What is being mindful and aware of the emotion you are experiencing.
What is one of three goals of Interpersonal Effectiveness?
What are skills to keep and maintain healthy relationships, Get your needs met, and maintaining your self-respect.
What are two out of five things that validation can show another?
What is that:
• We are listening.
• We understand.
• We are being nonjudgmental.
• We care about the relationship.
•We can disagree without having a big conflict.
What population is DBT designed for?
what is:
people who have difficulty controlling their emotions & behaviors
What does TIPP stand for?
What is:
Temperature Change
Intense Exercise
Progressive Muscle Relaxation/ Paced breathing
Why is it important to identify what an emotion is?
What is to be able to shift it or reduce it using skills.
What are some barriers to interpersonal effectiveness?
What are:
lack of skills, worried thoughts, emotions, indecision, and the environment.
Define what a compliment is.
What is a polite expression of praise.
Mindfulness is the ________ of DBT?
What is the Backbone.
What does IMPROVE stand for?
What is:
Imagery
Meaning
Prayer
One thing at a time
Vacation
Encouragement
What do emotions do?
What is: provide us information, communicate to others, help prepare us for action.
Name the DEARMAN components:
What are:
Describe, Express, Assert, Reinforce, Mindfulness, Appear confident, Negotiate.
What is self-validation?
What is when someone:
involves perceiving your own feelings, thoughts, and actions as making sense, accurate, and acceptable in a particular situation.
What are the three states of mind?
What are:
Emotional, Wise, Rational (Reasonable) Mind
Name 4/6 parts of ACCEPTS.
What are:
Activities, Contribution, Comparisons, Emotions
Push Away, Thoughts, Sensations
What are the ABC's of Emotional Regulation?
What are:
Accumulating Positives
Building Mastery
Coping Ahead
Name the skill to keep and maintain relationships and the skill to maintain your self-respect.
What is:
Give and Fast.
What is the difference between an affirmation and validation?
What is:
Validation – words that you take a self or person seriously and the emotion makes sense for that person in the situation.
Affirmation - An encouraging statement, cheerleading self and others.
What do the WHAT skills do? What are they?
What is: A skill detailing what we do to be mindful
The what skills are:
Observe, Describe, Participate
What is radical acceptance?
What is accepting all the way, complete and total.
What is when you stop fighting reality, and let go of suffering.
What are the three goals of emotional regulation?
What is to Reduce Emotional Vulnerability
Decrease the Frequency of Unwanted Emotions
Decrease Emotional Suffering
What are two types of relationships that may have to be ended?
Destructive Relationships:
Harmful to physical body and safety, your self-esteem, sense of integrity, your happiness or peace of mind
Interfering Relationships:
Makes it difficult in pursuing goals that are important to you; your ability to enjoy life and do things you like doing; impacts your relationships with other persons.