Check the Facts
What emotion its these facts?
1. There is a threat to your life or that of someone you care about.
2. There is a threat to your health or that of someone you care about.
3. There is a threat to your well-being or that of someone you care about.
Fear
How would you challenge this thought to be less judgmental:
"There is a right way to feel in every situation."
"Every person responds differently to a situation. There is no correct or right way."
Why are core values important?
They help guide us in making decisions in our everyday life?
What are triggers?
People, places, and situations that cause us to become emotionally dysregulated and want to act out using problematic coping skills.
True or False:
It takes 33 days for an average individual to make something a daily habit?
False!
It actually takes 66 days to make something a daily habit.
What emotion fits these facts?
1. An important goal is blocked or a desired activity is interrupted or prevented.
2. You or someone you care about is attacked or hurt by others.
3. You or someone you care about is insulted or threatened by others.
4. The integrity or status of your social group is offended or threatened.
Anger
How would you challenge this thought to be less judgmental:
"My emotions are who I am."
"Emotions are partly but not completely who I am."
What are your top 3 core values with friends?
1. ________
2. ________
3. ________
What are warning signs?
Internal experiences (physical, emotional, thoughts) that tell us we are becoming emotionally dysregulated.
DOG FACT!
Dogs have about 1,700 taste budsHumans have between 2,000 and 10,000 tastebuds
What emotion fits these facts?
1. You have lost something or someone permanently.
2. Things are not the way you wanted or expected and hoped them to be.
Sadness
How would you challenge this thought to be less judgmental:
"If others don’t approve of my feelings, I obviously shouldn’t feel the way I do."
"I have every right to feel the way I do, regardless of what other people think."
What are your top 3 core values at home?
1. ________
2. ________
3. ________
What are vulnerabilities?
Factors or events made you more susceptible to using problematic coping behaviors? Examples include:
A. Physical illness; unbalanced eating or sleeping; injury
B. Use of drugs or alcohol; misuse of prescription drugs
C. Stressful events in the environment (either positive or negative)
D. Intense emotions, such as sadness, anger, fear, loneliness
E. Previous behaviors of your own that you found stressful
What would you change about therapy to make it better when new group members come in?
You can't say "I wouldn't change anything"
If you say something like that, you don't get the points... UwU
What emotion has the action urge to run away or avoid?
Fear
How would you challenge this thought to be less judgmental:
"Some emotions are stupid."
"Every emotion indicates how I am feeling in a certain situation. All emotions are useful to help me understand what I am experiencing."
What are your top 3 core values at school?
1. ________
2. ________
3. ________
What's the point of using coping skills?
Because you're WORTH IT!
What has been the most memorable part about your time in therapy so far?
You can't say "it's all been great/memorable"
If you say something like that, you don't get the points... OwO
What emotion has the action urge to withdraw or isolate?
Sadness
How would you challenge this thought to be less judgmental:
"Negative feelings are bad and destructive."
"Negative feelings are natural responses. They help me to create a better understanding of the situation."
How do our values affect our experience of anxiety, depression, anger, etc.?
What are the 4 things you do when using the DBT skill T.I.P.P.?
Tip the Temperature
Intense Exercise
Paced Breathing
Paired Muscle Relaxation
2 part question:
What is something you want to know about everyone else in the group?
What advice would you give to the group about what they've been going through?