General DBT Knowledge
What DBT stands for
What is Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Examples of mental health conditions DBT treats (3 examples)
What are eating disorders (binge eating and bulimia), BPD, suicidality, self harm, depression, SUDs, PTSD, anger management
The ability to cope with our emotions in the moment and return to our baseline emotional state
What is emotional regulation
This is a form of psychotherapy that involves all the members of a nuclear or extended family.
What is Family Therapy?
I can do something bad, but still be a good person
What is an example of thinking dialectically
The woman who developed DBT
Who is Marsha Linehan
The 3 "minds" identified in DBT, often depicted as a Venn diagram
What are the wise mind, the emotional mind, and the reasonable mind
The ability to interact in relationship with others
What is interpersonal effectiveness
This is the family member with the symptom that has brought the family into treatment. This person is used by family therapists to keep the family from scapegoating the this person or using him or her as a way of avoiding problems in the rest of the system.
The identified patient (IP) in family Therapy
My friend borrowed my favorite pair of shoes without asking and I confronted them. We had a productive conversation, I didn't verbally attack them and they respected my request, apologized, and said they'll ask before they borrow my stuff next time; This is an example of what DBT skill(s)
What is interpersonal effectiveness and using the GIVE skills
The mental health diagnosis DBT was originally designed for
What is Borderline Personality Disorder or BPD
The umbrella therapy that DBT falls under
What is CBT
To help you manage your thoughts, emotions, and relationships (the 3 A's: Awareness, Acceptance, and Action)
What is the purpose of DBT skills
This means that the family system seeks to maintain its customary organization and functioning over time. It tends to resist change.
Homeostasis (balance) in Family Therapy
The person I wanted to sponsor me said they didn't want to sponsor me because I'm not the "right fit" for their sponsorship style. What DBT skill could I use to cope with this new?
What is radical acceptance
The type of people whom DBT is designed for
Who are people who experience extreme emotional dysregulation/experience emotions in extremes
The purpose of Behavior Chain Analysis
What is to help a person understand the function of a particular behavior and uncover all the factors that led up to that behavior.
The cognitive skill of sustaining meta-awareness of the contents of your mind in the present moment.
What is mindfulness
These relationships occur whenever any two persons in the family system have problems with each other. They will "bring in" a third member as a way of stabilizing their own relationship. This usually interlock in a way that maintains family homeostasis.
Triangular relationships in Family Therapy
I'm feeling extremely anxious and can't seem to get my mind to stop racing, my heart is beating really fast, and I'm having trouble breathing; what DBT skill should I use and what are 3 examples of that skill?
What is mindfulness; 54321 exercise, box breathing, observation, describing my emotions, body scanning, thought stopping
The 4 corner stones of DBT
What are emotional regulation, interpersonal effectiveness mindfulness, and distress tolerance
The difference between CBT and DBT
What is focusing on thoughts and behaviors (CBT) vs validating and accepting emotions (DBT)
The ability to manage actual or perceived emotional distress and being able to make it through an emotional incident without making it worse.
What is distress tolerance
A diagram that depicts significant persons and events in the family's history. They also include annotations about the medical history and major personality traits of each member.
Genogram in Family Therapy
I got shamed by my family for my drinking; thinking "I'll feel calmer if I just have 1 drink to take the edge off and then I can talk to them about this"; Feeling shame, guilt, and sadness; drinking to cope; feeling relaxed and calmer; feeling judged and hurt, avoiding my family and any negative feelings, emotional dysregulation and using unhealthy coping skills, relying on drinking to function emotionally: This process is an example of what?
What is behavior chain analysis