DBT
Skills
ACCEPTS Technique
DBT Assumptions
CARES
100

What DBT stands for.

What is Dialectical Behavioral Therapy?

100

The main goal of DBT.

What is helping me deal with difficult situations that can't be fixed overnight?

100

The A in ACCEPTS is ____ ____ ____, and it means to trick the brain, tell yourself you are safe, you are doing well.

What is Act as if?

100

People need to do better, try harder, and be more _____ to change.

What is Motivated?

100

What the C in CARES stand for.

What is Confidentiality?

200

How many weeks this DBT group lasts for.

What is ongoing?

200
Choosing to "play it cool" and keeping your mind and body calm.

What is Distress Tolerance?

200

The two C's of ACCEPTS are _____ the negative feeling and _____ the situation.

What are Catch and Compare?

200

People want to _____.

What is Change?

200

What the A in CARES stand for.

What is Alliance?

300

How many weeks I need to attend this group.

What is as many as I want?

300

What core mindfulness skills are used for.

What is- To reduce awareness and focus; confusion about self?

300

The E and P in ACCEPTS stand for _____ triggers from environment and _____ relaxing activities.

What are Eliminate and Practice?

300

People are doing the ____ they can.

What is Best?

300

What the R in CARES stand for.

What is Respect?

400

What dialectical means.

What is two opposite ideas that can be true?

400

Stop what you are doing, Take a breath, Observe the situation, Proceed

What is the STOP technique?

400

The T and S in ACCEPTS stand for ______ time to acknowledge how brave you are, and engage in healthy _______.

What are Take and Sensations?
400

There is no absolute _____.

What is Truth?

400

What the E in CARES stand for.

What is Encourage?

500

An example of a dialectical situation.

Example must have two opposite things that are true.

For example: It is spring but it is snowing.

500
Provide an example of using the STOP technique.

Example must include:

Stop what you are doing

Take a breath

Observe the situation

Proceed mindfully

500

Provide an example of using the ACCEPTS technique after getting grounded.

Example included one of the below:

Act as if

Catch the negative feeling

Compare current situation

Eliminate triggers

Practice relaxing activities

Sensations.

500

People may not have created their own ____ but they have to ____ them anyway.

What are Problems and Solve?

500

What the S in CARES stand for.

What is Sympathy?