What is DBT?
DBT Assumptions
Biosocial Theory
Skills Training
Interpersonal Effectiveness
100

The meaning of D B T 

What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy 

100

People are doing the ____________ they can. 

What is the best?

100

Biosocial theory discusses the interactions between _________ and ________.  

What is biology of the person and society? 

100

How many types of skills are learned in DBT? 

What is 4?

100

What is the purpose of Interpersonal Effectiveness skills? 

What are:

Getting what you want/obtaining your goal.

Keeping the relationship.

Maintaining your self-respect.

200

The goal of DBT

What is have a life worth living?

200

There is always an absolute truth. 

What is false.  There is no absolute truth. 

200

A person with biological vulnerability has a _high/low_______ sensitivity to emotions.  

What is high?

200

Name all the skills module of DBT. 

Mindfulness

Distress tolerance

Emotion regulation

Interpersonal effectiveness 

200

What is the purpose of utilizing Options for Intensity? And how does the scale range in intensity? 

What is:

Before asking for something or saying no to a request, you have to decide how intensely you want to hold your ground. 

Options range from very low intensity, where you are very flexible and accept the situation as it is, to very high intensity, where you try every skill you know to change the situation and get what you want. 

300

The meaning of dialectical

What is there are two truths?

300

People may not have caused all of their own problems, AND _____   ______  ______ ______  _______  ______ ______ _______. 

what is they still have to deal with the problems. 

300

A person with biological emotional vulnerability is fast/slow__ to return to baseline.  

What is slow?
300

What is the purpose of Mindfulness? 

What is to reduce suffering and increase happiness, increase control of your mind, and experience reality as it is. 


300

What is Expanding the V in GIVE: Levels of Validation 

Please provide specific examples.

1.  Pay Attention: Look interested in the other person instead of bored (no multitasking). 

2.  Reflect Back: Say back what you heard the other person say or do, to be sure you understand exactly what the person is saying. No judgmental language or tone of voice! 

3.  “Read Minds”: Be sensitive to what is not being said by the other person. Pay attention to facial expressions, body language, what is happening, and what you know about the person already. Show you understand in words or by your actions. Check it out and make sure you are right. Let go if you are not. 

4.  Understand: Look for how what the other person is feeling, thinking, or doing makes sense, based on the person’s past experiences, present situation, and/or current state of mind or physical condition (i.e., the causes). 

5.  Acknowledge the Valid: Look for how the person’s feelings, thinking, or actions are valid responses because they fit current facts, or are understandable because they are a logical response to current facts. 

6.  Show Equality: Be yourself! Don’t “one-up” or “one-down” the other person. Treat the other as an equal, not as fragile or incompetent

400

The word you use instead of BUT when you are using DBT. 

What is AND?

400

The purpose of homework each week in group.  

What is practice the skills?

400
Invalidation that happens chronically or most/all of the time leads to _______________. 

What is emotional dysregulation?

400

Which skill models are effective but not always considered coping skills?

What are distress tolerance and mindfulness. 

400

What does GIVE and FAST stand for?

What is:

(Be) Gentle, (Act) Interested, Validate, (Use an) Easy manner.

and

(Be) Fair, (No) Apologies, Stick to Values, (Be) Truthful  

500
An example of a dialectic. 

open answer

500

Can anyone fail in DBT?  

No

500

Validation means you can see what another person is saying makes sense or doesn't make sense.

What is makes sense?

500

What are the skills for mindfulness? Please explain. 

What are the How and What skills.

What: Observe, Describe, and Participate

How: Effectively, non-judgmentally, and one-mindfully. 

500

What does DEARMAN stand for?

What is Describe, Express, Assert, Reinforce, (Stay) Mindful, Appear Confident, and Negotiate.