Monday-ish
True or False: Every single person in this room (including you!) is worthy of love, support, and encouragement.
True!!
You are amazing, you got this, and we believe in you! :)
True or False: Poor eye contact and using a quiet voice communicates confidence
False!
True or False: Feeling your emotions is a waste of time and should be avoided at all costs
False!
True or False: Cool people don't use Radical Acceptance
False!
Radical Acceptance is very cool :)
What does Hakuna Matata mean?
No worries
According to the concept of mindfulness, how many things can you effectively do at once?
One!
Is the sentence "I feel like you are not listening" an "I statement" or a "you statement"?
"You statement" - Tricky, right?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
What are the limits that we use to protect ourselves in relationships called?
Boundaries
True or False: When you tell yourself to stop feeling upset about a difficult situation, you are using Radical Acceptance.
False!
Radical acceptance is an empowering and active process that is all about validating our emotions about a situation and choosing to focus on what we have control over.
DAILY DOUBLE!!
Three of these skills are mindfulness skills and two are not. Which two are not DBT mindfulness skills?
a. Wise Mind
b. How skills
c. DEARMAN
d. ACCEPTS
e. Non-Judgmental Stance
c. DEARMAN
d. ACCEPTS
DEARMAN is an interpersonal effectiveness skill and ACCEPTS is a distress tolerance skill
Which communication technique involves letting other people know that their feelings and needs are real, important, and understandable?
Validation
DAILY DOUBLE!!
Which of the following set of DBT Skills is used to help us build resilience and reduce vulnerability to emotional mind?
A. Emotional Regulation
B. Distress Tolerance
C. Interpersonal Effectiveness
D. Avoidance
a. Emotional Regulation
DAILY DOUBLE!!
What is the main goal of distress tolerance skills?
Stay safe
The "Observe" skill is part of which of the following DBT Mindfulness skills?
a. "What" skills
b. "Why" skills
c. "How" skills
a. "What" skills
Also, there are no "why" skills
DAILY DOUBLE!!
DEARMAN helps us to effectively ask for what we want/need or to say no. Which letter and concept in DEARMAN are we using when we focus only on the facts to orient the other person to the situation we will be talking about?
Describe
If I felt depressed and had the urge to isolate myself, what would be an effective way to use opposite to emotion action?
Group Leader will decide on points :)
What do the letters of STOP stand for?
For an additional 100 points perform the STOP dance.
Stop
Take a step back
Observe
Proceed mindfully
What concept within the mindfulness skills involves throwing yourself into the activities of the current moment fully?
Participate
DEARMAN helps us to prepare for difficult conversations and ask for what we need. Which concept in DEARMAN would utilize "I statements"?
a. Emotions
b. Express
c. Assert
d. Advocate
e. Nicely say how you feel
b. Express
The skill that helps us move against our emotional urges and towards our values instead is called _________________.
Opposite Action/Opposite to Emotion Action
We talk about 5 different sets of DBT skills at Linden Oaks. One of these sets of skills is Middle Path. Please name 2 of the other sets.
BONUS!! For an additional 50 points each, please name the other two
Mindfulness
Emotion Regulation
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Distress Tolerance