General
Marsha
Thinking
Skills
Vocabulary
100

This is what the B in DBT stands for.

What is behavior?

100

This is Marsha's last name.

What is Linehan?

100

This is the in-between of black AND white.

What is plaid?

100

This type of "mind" balances emotions and logic.

What is Wise Mind?

100

This is when your brain reacts quickly to a perceived threat.

What is the stress response/fight or flight? 

200

This is what the D in DBT stands for.

What is dialectical?

200

True or false: Marsha is still alive.

What is true?

200

Finish this quote: "You must ___ it to ___ it." 

What is "You must name it to tame it?"

200

This is the skill that involves using your 5 senses to help soothe yourself. 

What is self-soothing?

200

This is the act of evaluating yourself in a harsh or overly negative way. 

What is self-judgment/self-criticism? 

300

DBT was originally developed for this specific mental health condition, though it's used more broadly now.

What is borderline personality disorder?

300

True or false: Marsha is at least 85 years old.

What is false? She is 82.

300

This is the in-between of black OR white.

What is gray?

300

This is the skill of accepting reality as it is, even if you don't like it.

What is radical acceptance?

300

This term means to balance opposites.

What is dialectics?

400

This is the main goal of DBT.

What is to help individuals "build a life worth living?"

400

This is Marsha's age when she was first hospitalized.

What is 17 years old?

400

This type of "mind" balances addict and clean.

What is Clear Mind?

400

This is the skill that helps improve communication and ask for what you want in an effective way.

What is GIVE?

400

This word refers to understanding and sharing the feelings of another person.

What is empathy?

500

This is the year the first DBT manual was published.

What is 1993?

500

This is the state in which Marsha was a professor.

What is Washington?

500

This "mind" reacts based on logic and facts.

What is Reasonable Mind/Logical Mind?

500

This is how many categories of DBT skills there are.

What is 4? (interpersonal effectiveness, mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance)

500

This term describes an automatic, often unhelpful thought pattern.

What is a cognitive distortion?