Coping Skills
What are coping skills used for?
To help us manage when we are struggling.
List the 5 senses.
Sight, sound, taste, touch, smell.
True or false-Distress tolerance skills are one of the core pillars of DBT therapy.
True!
These are thoughts that pop into our head without our control.
Automatic thoughts
True or false: A banana is a variety of berry?
True
Name a coping skill you could use with an object.
Stress ball, headphones, taking a shower, reading a book, etc.
What category would chocolate chip cookies best belong in for a self-soothe strategy?
Taste or Smell
DBT teaches us to manage our thoughts, behaviors, and _______ rather than change them.
emotions
Feelings
Dachshunds are more commonly known as...?
Dogs, Weiner Dogs
Why is it helpful to find coping skills that are not object based?
We may not always have access to these objects when we need them to cope.
What category would pictures best belong in for a self-soothe strategy?
Sight
What do one of the letters in TIPP stand for?
T-temperature
I-intense exercise
P-Progressive muscle relaxation
P-Paced breathing
Of the following, which can we control: Thoughts, emotions, or behaviors?
Behaviors.
True or false: The name for Tacos was derived after a street vendor began selling meat in flour based wraps and patrons couldn't help but "Taco" about it.
True or false-If someone tries a coping skill 5 times and it doesn't work, it will likely never work.
False!
What catergory would music best belong in for a self-soothe strategy?
Sound.
What does DBT stand for?
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
True or false: Some emotions can be controlled.
False!
True or false: The first pizza wasn't made in Italy, it was actually made in ancient Greece.
True!
Name 5 coping skills that do not require an object of any kind.
Breathing, imagery, progressive muscle relaxation, exercise, positive self talk, etc.
Explain what a self-soothe strategy is?
A strategy that utilizes all 5 senses and has a coping skill in it for each of the 5 senses.
What does one of the letters of GIVE stand for?
I-Act interested
V-Validate
E-Easy Manner
Explain how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are interrelated using the cognitive or (CBT) triangle.
Thoughts, emotions, and behaviors all affect one another. Ex: I wake up and have the thought, "I'm ugly." The thought makes me feel sad, so I engaged in self-harm behavior.
How many tentacles does a box jellyfish have?
15