ACT
Cognitive Distortions
DBT
Random Stuff
Dealing with People
100
True or false... you are your thoughts.
false
100
Thinking in absolutes such as "always, "never", "every". Example: "I never do a good enough job on anything".
All or nothing thinking (Black and White thinking)
100
What does DBT stand for?
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
100
What word does NOT count as a feeling word?
"Good"
100
What are the three types of boundaries?
Porous, Rigid, Healthy
200
What does ACT stand for?
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
200
The belief that things should be a certain way. I should always be friendly.
"Should" statements.
200
What goes in the middle?
Wise mind
200
What part of the brain is focused on survival, "fight, flight, freeze"?
amygdala, midbrain
200
What are the three types of communication?
Passive, Aggressive, Assertive
300
The term for pain caused by trying to avoid or control something that is unavoidable or controllable.
Suffering
300
Seeing only the worst possible outcomes of a situation
Catastrophizing
300
What is a "dialectic"?
inquiry into metaphysical contradictions and their solutions. Would also accept: two things that contradict themselves
300
fill in the anger triangle :)
top: anger
Middle: primary emotions
bottom: what's being threatened
300
a style of communication that focuses on the feelings or beliefs of the speaker rather than thoughts and characteristics that the speaker attributes to the listener
I statement
400
A technique used to create healthy distance between you and your thoughts.
Thought Diffusion
400
The belief that acts will influence unrelated situations. Ex. "I am a good person-bad things shouldn't happen to me".
Magical Thinking.
400
In DBT, it is suggested to replace the words "but" and "or" with what two words?
"both", "and"
400
What part of the brain is in charge of decision making?
Frontal Cortex
400
Name three characteristics of active listening.
eye contact, nonverbal communication including posture, listening for content rather than response, open mindedness, reflect content and feeling etc.
500
"Chosen life directions" that help guide our goals and actions.
Values
500
The assumption that emotions reflect the way things really are. "I feel like a bad friend so I must be a bad friend". "I feel disrespected so they must be disrespectful".
Emotional Reasoning
500
DBT centers around these two seemingly contradicting topics:
"Acceptance and ______"
Change
500
What does each element of "rose", "bud", "thorn" mean?
high, something you're looking forward to, low.
500
What are three attachment styles?
Anxious, Avoidant, Disorganized, Secure