Stages of Change
Despite no current plans to change, this stage may involve defensive responses when others suggest a problem exists.
What is Precontemplation?
Who influences our attachment styles the most?
What is Parents/Caregivers?
Name the skill that is implemented if someone does 10 jumping jacks and five push ups.
What does the M in IMPROVE stand for and how would you use it?
Meaning- making meaning out of a difficult situation (ie- using your DUI to seek addiction treatment)
This stage is often mistaken for ambivalence, but actually reflects internal conflict between values and behavior.
What is Contemplation?
People with this attachment style generally trust others, feel comfortable with closeness, and can depend on loved ones.
What is secure attachment?
This skill involves intentional tightening of your muscles that allows for emotional release, feelings of control, and greater relaxation
Paired or Progressive Muscle Relaxation
What does ACT stand for?
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Success in this stage is often measured by consistency and visible change, yet it remains highly vulnerable to relapse.
What is Action?
This attachment style often leads to craving closeness but fearing abandonment, resulting in clingy behavior.
What is anxious?
Name 5-4-3-2-1 grounding senses in order.
5 things you see
4 things you touch
3 things you hear
2 things you smell
1 thing you taste
Name the ACT skill that facilitates separation from your thoughts- looking at them, rather from them.
What is Cognitive Defusion?
This stage isn’t about doing something new — it’s about continuing to do it, especially when the novelty wears off.
What is Maintenance?
People with this attachment style tend to downplay emotions, value independence, and may avoid emotional intimacy.
What is avoidant?
Slowing your exhale longer than your inhale engages the parasympathetic nervous system. This TIPP technique is called:
What is Paced Breathing?
What are the 3 ways to address a problem?
Solve/Fix It, Accept It, Stay Miserable
In this stage, a person has moved past weighing pros and cons and is starting to map out their next steps — though no major changes have occurred yet.
What is Preparation?
This attachment style is often marked by unpredictable behavior, fear of intimacy, and a history of trauma or loss.
What is disorganized?
What does the I in IMPROVE stand for and give an example.
What is Imagery? -Going to a happy place in your mind, looking at a calming image etc
Name all 6 family roles
Hero, Addict/Symptom Bearer, Enabler/Caretaker, Scapegoat, Lost Child, and Mascot