CBT
CBT stand for?
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The definition of a 'coping' skill?
What is a skill that you use when you are experiencing an intense emotion
The definition of Behavioral Activation (BA) is..
What is a specific CBT skill that helps us understand how behaviors influence emotions.
True or False: "There is a right way to feel in every situation?
What is: False
Name everyone who is in the CBT group.
What is: Kayla, Erin, Travis S, Travis H, Charles, Lise, Katrina (Kat), Donna,
Name the three components of CBT triangle.
What is thoughts, emotions (Feelings), and actions (behaviors).
"I am allowed to have a rough day. It does not define me." is an example of what
What is: Anxiety Affirmation
explain the vicious cycle
What is a feedback loop where one stressful event triggers intense emotions causing us to engage in a behavior that makes us feel worse, which then creates a new stressful event, that makes us feel even more worse, which results into doing something even more worse.
What is: showing you what you are passionate about, where your boundaries are, and what you believe needs to change.
One of the group rules that was created in our first session was..
What is:
1. Keep stuff in the group
2. Respect
3. Be on time; call ahead if you'll be late
4. share your feelings
cognitive restructuring is?
What is identifying and challenging negative thoughts.
54321 stands for
What is a grounding skill. Name 5 things you can see, 4 things you can touch, 3 things you can hear, 2 things you can smell, and 1 thing you can taste.
A value is...
What is what we find meaningful and important in our lives. They help us identify what is important to us.
Emotions help us do three things.
What is: 1. Communicate, 2. Motivate, 3. Overcome obstacles.
The first day of group was
What is Thursday, February 19th 2026
Explain how to use "thoughts on trial" to challenge a negative thought.
What is asking yourself what is the evidence this thought is true? What is the evidence this thought is not true? Write out all the evidence (facts). If the thought is not true, write a more helpful thought instead.
Explain the container exercise.
What is a container that will hold your unhelpful thoughts, feelings, and body sensations until you in a place where you are able to handle them. You practice it by bringing a container in your mind, putting all thoughts feelings and sensations in this container. Locking it up, and putting it away until you are able to open it up again (often in therapy).
According to the behavioral activation model, engaging in a positive activity we find rewarding helps by..
In the thought record, there are 5 columns (besides date/time). Those columns are.
What is: the situation that occurred, the automatic thought we had, the emotion we feel, the adaptive response (challenging of said auto thought), and outcome.
Cognitive distortions is also known as..
What is Thinking Errors
Name this cognitive distortion: thinking in absolutes, such as always, never, or every. "I never do a good enough job on anything."
What is All or nothing thinking
Explain safe/calm place skill
What is a place that either is a happy memory or a made up place you can visualize. You close your eyes, and visualize this memory or place, identifying what you can see, touch, smell, hear, and taste. You also identify what you feel when you are here.
Identify a value and then translate the value into an activity
What is..(Kayla and Erin will be the judge on whether points were earned or not).
What is:
1. What is the evidence this thought is true?
2. Is there an alternative explanation?
3. If the worst happened, how could I cope? What is the best that could happen, the realistic outcome?
4. What is the effect of believing this thought? What is the effect if I changed this thought?
5. If my friend was in this situation and had this thought, what would I tell them?
6. What would be good to do? What coping skill?
This coping skill might involve laughing at a silly video, telling a joke, or not taking things too seriously for a moment.
What is using humor or laughter as a coping skill.