Mindfuleness
The integration of Reasonable Mind & Emotional Mind
What is Wise Mind?
Using BOTH/AND instead of EITHER/OR. Avoiding extreme statements.
Perceiving your own feelings, thoughts, and actions as making sense, accurate, and acceptable in a particular situation.
What is self-validation?
Something that can help to increase a desired behavior.
A reinforcer: (example of one that works for you!)
The what skills (only need 2)
What are 1-Observe 2-Describe 3-Participate
Thinking mistakes. (Name 4)
The things we should validate.
What are feelings, thoughts, and behaviors in ourselves and others?
Reinforcing small steps till I get to a larger goal or behavior.
What is shaping?
The How skill that describes doing what needs to be done to get your goals met.
What is do what works.
Two extreme point of views. (is an example of..)
What is a dialectical dilemma?
Reasons to validate:
Validation improve relationships.
It can deescalate conflict and intense emotions.
An example of negative reinforcement.
COPING SKILLS!!!
The How skills.
What are 1-Don't Judge 2-Stay Focused 3-Do What Works
Finding the balance.
What is the middle path?
Communicates to another person their feelings, thoughts, and actions make sense and are understandable to you in a particular situation.
What is validation?
T OR F: to validate ourselves we should not judge our own emotions.
What is true?
Noticing without evaluating the good or the bad. Sticking to the observable facts of the situation.
What is Don't Judge?
Provide a dialectical dilemma between a parent and child and what could be a middle path.
answers may vary.
T OR F: Validation =Agreement
What is false?
To validate ourselves we must be ______ of our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
What is mindful?