DBT 101
The Developer of DBT is...
Psychologist Dr. Marsha Linehan
These skills help with reduced awareness, focus, and confusion about self.
(Core) Mindfulness Skills
The DBT Program takes ___ months to complete.
6 months
People are doing the _____ they can.
best
True or False: Don't be on phones while group leaders are actively teaching.
True
DBT stands for...
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
These skills help with mood-dependent behaviors, steady negative emotional state, and fast, intense mood changes with little control.
Emotion Regulation Skills
We repeat orientation so many times because...
open group format and making sure everyone starts on the same page (repetition helps with retention)
People want to _________.
improve
True are false: Information about other group members or shared in group should be confidential
True
DBT was developed in the year...
1980
These skills help with acting without thinking it all through and escaping or avoiding emotional experiences
Distress Tolerance Skills
90 minutes an hour and a half
People need do______, try________, and be more ________ to change.
better, harder, motivated
When in crisis group members will contact _____________ for support.
The DBT Team or a crisis line
Dialectics means...
There is more than one way to view a situation, synthesis between two opposing view points, two ideas that seem like opposites can both be true, "both/and" thinking, the middle path.
These skills help with keeping steady relationships, getting what you want, keeping self-respect, and loneliness.
Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills
Group usually begins with a ________ practice
mindfulness
There is no ________ truth.
absolute
After ____ minutes you will be considered late to group.
15
The overarching goal of DBT is...
to create a life worth living, to replace problem behaviors with skills
This skills module focuses on teen/parent conflict or relationships and dialectical thinking/acting.
Walking the Middle Path
We go over mindfulness multiple times because...
Mindfulness skills are the core skills of DBT.
Teens and their families cannot ______ in DBT.
fail
You are allowed ____ misses across groups, individual, and family sessions.
5