States of Mind
What skills
How Skills
DBT Concepts
Bonus questions
100

In this state of mind your emotions influence your behavior.

What is emotion mind?

100

When you engage completely in an activity without self consciousness.  

What is fully participate?

100

You see but you don't evaluate as good or bad.  You are focused on just the facts.

What is nonjudgmentally?

100

The full name of DBT.

What is Dialectical Behaviour Therapy?

100

Name the different modules we cover in skills group.

What is Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation and Distress Tolerance?

200

In this state of mind you are likely task focused.

What is reasonable mind?

200

The first step in virtually every DBT skill.

What is observe?

200

When you are eating, eat.

What is one-minfully?

200

When two opposite perspectives are true at the same time.

What are dialectics?

200

Use this skill when your thoughts are causing you to feel distressed.

What is Mindfulness of Thoughts?

300

The wisdom within each person.

What is wise mind?

300

Wordless watching.

What is observe?

300

When you focus on what works. 

What is effectively?

300

This skill reduces suffering, increases happiness and helps to increase your ability to control your mind.

What is mindfulness?

300

Name two of the four solutions to any problem.

What is: Solve the problem; feel better about the problem; tolerate the problem; stay miserable?

400

When you are able to consider both your short term goals/urges and also your long term goals. 

What is wise mind?

400

Using only your five senses to label what you have observed.

What is describe?

400

When you let go of willfulness.

What is effectively?

400

What are you not when you have eaten a full bag of potato chips and you cannot remember the flavor?

What is mindful?

400

You woke up this morning feeling down.  It's rainy outside and you don't feel like going anywhere.  You get out of bed, listen to upbeat music and go for a run.

What is opposite action?

500

You hope to achieve this state by practicing the What and How Skills of mindfulness.

What is wise mind?

500

You are in the middle of the dance floor when your favourite song comes on.  Your full attention is only on your experience of dancing.

What is fully participate?

500

When I put aside my phone to listen to my son tell me about his day.

What is one-mindfully?

500

The skill you use when you experience your emotions as they are.  You do not push them away, make them worse or ignore them. 

What is mindfulness to current emotion?

500

This set of skills is good to use when you can't solve the problem immediately and you do not want to make the situation worse.

What is distress tolerance?