DBT Basics
This is what DBT stands for.
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?
This is what you call a group of witches.
What is a coven?
Name one way to practice mindfulness.
What is mindful eating, mindful walking, meditation, breathing exercises, guided imagery, etc. ?
This is the largest animal on Earth.
What is a blue whale?
TRUE or FALSE: The goal of emotion regulation is to never experience unpleasant emotions again.
What is false?
This is the act of consciously focusing the mind in the present moment, without judgement and without overattachment.
What is mindfulness?
This is the only mammal who can fly.
This is an appropriate response when emotions do not fit the facts and is done by acting opposite to your emotional urges.
This is the tallest mountain on Earth
What is Mt. Everest?
TRUE or FALSE: Emotions, thoughts, and interpretations do not always fit the facts.
What is true?
These are the main modules in DBT (name 3/4).
What are mindfulness skills, interpersonal effectiveness skills, distress tolerance skills, and emotion regulation skills?
This is the name of the place where Dracula lives.
What is Transylvania?
This is what the STOP in STOP skill means.
What is Stop, Take a step back, Observe, and Proceed mindfully?
This is the name of the main character in Back to the Future.
Who is Marty McFly?
These are the benefits of well-developed interpersonal effectiveness skills (name 2/3).
What is building new relationships, strengthening current ones, and dealing with conflict?
This is the main goal of emotion regulation skills training.
What is to reduce emotional suffering?
This is the name of the monster who is large, green, and created by a mad scientist.
Who is Frankenstein's monster?
These are the ABC skills of emotion regulation.
What are Accumulating positive emotions, Building mastery, and Coping ahead of difficult situations?
This is the second closest planet to the sun.
What is Venus?
This is the ability to tolerate and survive crisis situations without making things worse.
What is distress tolerance?
This is the overall goal of DBT skills training.
What is to improve resilience and to learn how to change your own behaviors, emotions, and thoughts linked to problems in living (and that are causing misery and distress)?
This is the most popular Halloween candy (I put top two, name one).
What is Reese's PB cups and M&Ms?
This is what the PLEASE acronym stands for (need 3/5).
What is Physical Illness, balancing Eating, avoiding mood-Altering substances, balancing Sleep, and getting Exercise?
This person is known as the "King of Pop."
Who is Michael Jackson?
This is the inner wisdom each one of us has. This is the integration of opposites (for example, the balance of reasonable and emotional states of mind).
What is Wise mind?