Mindfulness
The state of mind that is ruled by your feeling and urges.
What is Emotion Mind?
Bonus point: Name a character in media who represents emotion mind
The skill that is most effective for managing extreme emotions by changing one's body chemistry.
What is TIPP?
Bonus point: Who needs to be careful when using TIPP?
There is always more than one way to see a situation and more than one way to solve a problem.
What is Dialectical Thinking?
Bonus point: give an example.
Doing pleasant things that are possible right now, even if it feels hard to start.
What is Accumulating Positives in the Short Term?
Bonus point: list 3 pleasant activities you can try this week.
Describe Express Assert Reinforce Mindful Appear confident Negotiate.
What is the DEAR MAN skill?
Bonus point: share an example of a situation where you could use DEAR MAN
The state of mind that is ruled by thinking, facts, and logic.
What is Reasonable Mind?
Bonus point: Name a character in media who represents reasonable mind
The four parts of the TIPP skill.
What are Temperature, Intense Exercise, Paced Breathing, Progressive Muscle Relaxation?
Bonus point: which of these works the best for you and why?
Communicating to another person that their feelings, thoughts, and actions make sense and are understandable to you in a particular situation.
What is Validation?
Bonus point: give an example.
The skill that helps to decrease the intensity of unwanted emotions.
What is Opposite Action?
Bonus point: what are two key features to ensuring opposite action is effective?
Getting someone to do what you want.
What is one purpose of DEAR MAN?
Bonus point: Share an emotion you may experience when using this skill.
The state of mind that allows us to think more clearly in the presence of strong emotions.
What is Wise Mind?
Bonus point: share an example of when you made a wise mind decision
A recommended skill when you can't solve the problem or change your emotions about the problem so you "turn the mind."
What is Radical Acceptance?
Bonus point: share something (short term or long term) that you have been trying to radically accept.
Validate this statement:
I'm so annoyed that my teacher gave me detention for being late to class.
What is: It makes sense that you would feel frustrated.
Bonus point if the example didn't include anything about the being late to class.
Urge: to avoid
Opposite action: to approach places, events, tasks, people that you are afraid of
What is Opposite Action for fear, anxiety, and worry?
Bonus point: Give an example.
Saying no to another's request.
What is one purpose of DEAR MAN?
Bonus point: Share an emotion you may experience when using this skill.
The WHAT skill where you throw yourself into the present moment fully without being self-conscious.
What is Participate?
Bonus point: lead the group in a 1-minute participate mindfulness activity.
Refusing to tolerate a situation or giving up.
What is Willfulness?
Bonus point: share an example of when you or someone else was being willful.
The three adolescent dialectical dilemmas.
What is
1. Too loose vs. too strict
2. Making light of problem behaviors vs. making too much of typical adolescent behavior
3. Forcing independence vs. fostering dependence
Bonus point: Share an example about one of these dilemmas.
Urge: withdraw, turn inward, be passive
Opposite action: approach, build mastery and increase pleasent activities
What is Opposite Action for sadness and depression?
Bonus point: Give an example.
Use DEAR MAN to ask a caregiver if you can go to a party this weekend.
3 bonus points for each team if team can work together to come up with the caregiver's point of view using DEAR MAN (they want teen to come home at curfew)
The HOW skill where individuals focus their attention on only one thing in the moment.
What is Stay Focused?
Bonus point: lead the group in a 1-minute stay focused mindfulness activity.
Allowing the world to be what it is and participating in it fully. Doing just what is needed- no more, no less. It is being effective.
What is Willingness?
Bonus point: share an example of when you or someone else was being willing.
Having clear rules and enforce them consistently AND AT THE SAME TIME Be willing to negotiate on some issues and don't overuse consequences.
What is Walking the Middle Path for the Too Loose vs. Too Strict dialectical dilemma.
Bonus point: share an example of this dilemma in your family.
Urge: Hide, avoid, withdraw
Opposite action: face the music (when your behavior violates your values and your feeling fits the facts) or go public (when your behavior does not violate your values and the feeling doesn't fit the facts)
What is Opposite Action for shame?
Bonus point: Give an example.
Use DEAR MAN to say no to a teen's request to sleepover at a friend's house.
3 bonus points for each team if team can work together to come up with the teen's point of view using DEAR MAN (they want to sleepover)