DBT WHAT Skills
DBT HOW Skills
Love & Kindness
DOING MIND
& BEING MIND
WISE MIND
100

When you engage completely in an activity without self consciousness.  

What is fully participate?

100

You see but you don't evaluate as good or bad.  You are focused on just the facts.


What is nonjudgmentally?

100

What is Compassion?

The act of kindness, caring and willingness to help others

100

When in this mind you view your thoughts as facts about the world. You are focused on problem solving and achieving goals.

Doing Mind

100

The wisdom within each person.

What is wise mind?

200

The first step in virtually every DBT skill.

What is observe?

200

When you are eating, eat.

What is one-mindfully?

200

How can Love & Kindness benefit us?

Reduces judgmentalness, ill will and hostile feelings 

200

When in this state of mind you view your thoughts as sensations of the mind. You are focused on the uniqueness of each, letting go of focusing on goals.

What is being mind? 

200

What two states of mind is included in wise mind?

Emotion Mind & Reasonable Mind

300

Using only your five senses to label what you have observed.

What is describe?

300

When you focus on what works. 

What is effectively?

300

What is loving kindness?

A mindfulness practice used to increase love and compassion towards ourselves and other people. 

300

What is a guaranteed way that you can do anywhere regardless of anything around you that would help to create balance in wise mind for this skill? 

Breathing. 

300

What state of mind is cool, rational, task-focused?

What is reasonable mind? 

400

Name the three What Skills? 

Observe, Describe and Participate. 

400

What are the three How skills?

Nonjudgmentally, one-mindfully and effectively. 

400

What are ways and/or emotions used to practice loving kindness? 

Feelings of warmth or caring, love, compassion, feeling of connection, wisdom, happiness, sense of personal validity. 

400

What is one way that we can practice balancing doing mind and being mind? 

create one routine in daily life, breathing, set an alarm to reconnect. 

400

What state of mind is hot, mood-dependent, emotion-focused?

What is Emotion Mind? 

500

Give an example of how you can fully participate? 

Group Decision :) 

500

Give an example of how you can be more effective? 

Group decision :) 

500

List 5 Loving Kindness Statements for yourself. 

May I be Happy 

May I be at Peace

etc. 

500

Why is it beneficial to combine both doing mind and being mind?

To Let go of having to achieve goals and throw your entire self into working towards these same goals. To enhance awareness while engaging in activities. 

500

What is the difference between mindfulness and meditation?

Meditation is practicing mindfulness and mindfulness skills while sitting, standing, or lying quietly for a predetermined period of time; Mindfulness is intentionally living with awareness in the present moment without judgment.