The ACCEPTS skill acronym
What is activities, comparisons, contributions, emotions, "push away", thoughts, and sensations
The three Interpersonal Effectiveness (IPE) Priorities
What is objectives effectiveness, relationship effectiveness, and self-respect effectiveness
The three functions of emotions (DBT)
What is communicating to self, communicating to others, and motivating action
State of mind that functions to both regulate actions and make decisions based on reason
What is a wise mind
The type of vehicles that are a part of Brandon's major dad joke about 'MBT Worldwide'
Buses and/or vans (either answer works)
Name at least four of the Reality Acceptance skills
What is radical acceptance, turning the mind, willing hands, half-smiling, mindfulness of current thoughts (MOCT), and willingness
The GIVE skill acronym
What is be gentle, act interested, validate, use an easy manner
The ABC PLEASE skill acronym
What is Accumulate positives, Build mastery, Cope ahead, (treat) Physical iLlness, balanced Eating, Avoid mood altering substances, balanced Sleep, Exercise
What is loving-kindness meditation
The definition of pretend mode
What is being detached from your emotional experience (often looks like overreliance on cognition, intellectualization, jargon, and rationalization)
The IMPROVE skill acronym
What is imagery, meaning, prayer, relaxation, one thing in the moment, vacation, encouragement
The FAST skill acronym
What is be fair, no apologies, stick to your values, be truthful
Three ways to change an unwanted emotion
What is checking the facts, solving the problem, and opposite action
The six 'what' and 'how' skills
What is observe, describe, participate and nonjudgmentally, one-mindfully, and effectively
One way Thomas Lynch would explain why someone is deep breathing, half-smiling, eyebrow wagging, and leaning back in their chair
What is they are practicing Big 3+1
OR
What is they are activating their social safety system
(either answer is acceptable)
What do you do after you use a distress tolerance skill? (hint: think about the difference between avoidance and effectively using the distract with ACCEPTS skill)
What is effectively address the problem that led to a crisis
The six levels of validation
What is pay attention, reflect back, "read minds," understand/based on your history, acknowledge the valid, show equality/radical genuineness
The function of anger, shame, and envy
What is a goal is being blocked (anger), I went against the norms of my tribe (shame), and I want what they have (envy). Responses should get at the gist of each function.
“Stone flake on the lake” and “Spiral staircase” are examples of what kind of exercises
What is wise mind exercises
The Flexible Mind has HEART acronym
What is Hurt, Edge, Acknowledge, Reclaim, Thankfulness
A dance used to demonstrate the STOP skill acronym (entire group must participate)
What is ... (can be acted out in various ways so long as it is acted out):
stop
take a step back
observe
proceed mindfully
Four ways to find and make friends according to DBT
What is ... proximity, similarity, express liking (selectively), and work on conversation skills
While the literature on emotion is vast, DBT as a treatment settled on listing 10 emotions. List the 10 DBT emotions.
What is envy, joy, disgust, shame, jealousy, anger, sadness, guilt, fear, and love
The type of mind that is described as:
"Curious Mind"
"Nothing-to-Do Mind"
"Present-Oriented"
What is being mind
An acronym that provides valid ways to solve any problem (include what each letter stands for)
SCREW. Solve the problem. Change your relationship with the problem. Radically accept the problem. Exacerbate the problem. Wallow in the problem.