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COPING SKILLS

100

What are coping skills

the strategies and mechanisms individuals use to manage and navigate stressful or challenging situations

200

What are the benefits of coping skills?

• Reduce stress: Cope with overwhelming emotions, such as anxiety, fear, or anger. 
• Regulate emotions: Control their emotional responses and maintain stability. 
• Adapt to change: Adjust to new or difficult circumstances. 
• Solve problems: Find solutions to stressors or mitigate their impact. 

300

What are unhealthy coping skills?

Strategies used to deal with stress or difficult emotions that, while providing temporary relief, ultimately worsen the situation and can lead to negative consequences in the long run

400

Name 3 coping skills that work for you

:)

500

What is the difference between distraction and avoidance?

Distraction:To temporarily reduce emotional distress and provide a break from the stressor. 

Avoidance:To completely escape from the stressor and avoid experiencing any associated negative emotions.

CBT SKILLS

100

What does CBT stand for?

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

200

Thinking in absolutes such as “always,” “never,” or “every.”

Black and white thinking

300

Seeing only the worst possible outcomes of a situation.

Catastrophizing

400

Ben becomes terribly upset when he notices that his tire is flat. He tells himself, "Just my luck! Bad things like this are always happening to me." What is this an example of?

Overgeneralization 

It happens when you make a rule after a single event or a series of coincidences. The words "always" or "never" frequently appear in the sentence.

500

Explain the cognitive triangle 

a triangle representing the connecting between our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors

MINDFULNESS

100

Mindfulness is being aware of ___________

The present moment 

200

Name a benefit to mindfulness practice

• Give you more choices and more control over behavior

• Reduce emotional suffering

• Increase your pleasure and sense of well being

• Helps focus your attention

• Increase compassion

• Lessen pain

300

Wise mind includes both ____________

Reason and emotion

400

What are grounding techniques 

Grounding techniques are strategies designed to help individuals regain a sense of stability and focus in moments of stress, anxiety, or overwhelm. They involve bringing attention to the present moment and engaging the senses.

500

Give an example of a grounding technique

Answers may vary

EMOTION REGULATION

100

What are emotions?

Emotions are complex, subjective experiences that involve physical and mental states, thoughts, feelings, behavioral responses, and a degree of pleasure or displeasure, often intertwined with mood, temperament, personality, and disposition.

200

What is sleep hygiene? 

Sleep hygiene refers to the practices and habits that promote quality sleep. It encompasses a series of healthy behaviors that contribute to a restful and restorative sleep pattern.

300

What are some sleep hygiene skills that work for you?

Answers vary

400

The DBT acronym PLEASE gives tips on how to regulate our emotions by taking care of ourselves physically. Name 2 of the tips from PLEASE.

• Treat Physical Illness and take medications as prescribed.

• Balance eating in order to avoid mood swings.

• Avoid mood-Altering substances and have mood control.

• Maintain good sleep so you can enjoy your life.

• Get exercise to maintain high spirits.

500

What does the acronym STOP stand for?

Stop

Take a step back

Observe

Proceed Mindfully

RANDOM

100

Weighing around eight pounds, this is the human body's largest organ?

Skin

200

What do you call a group of flamingos?

A flamboyance

300

What is the largest desert in the world?

Antarctica 

400

What is the national animal of Scotland? 

Unicorn

500

Actor Nicolas Cage is the nephew of what famous director?

Francis Ford Coppola