RO DBT
What is radically open?
The synthesis of two seemingly opposing ideas.
EX: I don't like brushing my teeth AND I like having clean teeth.
What is a dialectic?
What CBT stands for.
What is cognitive-behavioral therapy?
What the ACT acronym stands for.
What is acceptance and commitment therapy?
A prompting event that elicits an ED behavior or thought.
What is a trigger?
The captain of the titanic after hitting the first iceberg retreats to his cabin and locks the door.
What is Fatalistic Mind?
The creator of dialectical behavioral therapy.
Who is Marsha Linehan?
A deep rooted belief about the self, others, and the world that can arise from childhood experiences, innate dispositions, and/or cultural influences.
EX: "I am unlovable." "Others are not trustworthy." "The world is dangerous."
What is a core belief?
The state of observing with nonjudgmental curiosity and being in the present moment.
What is mindful awareness?
painting, knitting, unicycling, drone flying, juggling.
What are hobbies/coping skills?
"Full speed ahead, icebergs be damned!"
What is Fixed Mind?
Mindfulness
Emotion regulation
Distress Tolerance
Interpersonal Effectivenss
A type of cognitive distortion.
My coworker does not respond to my email. I think, "She is mad at me because I took too long of a lunch break yesterday."
What is mind reading?
Instead of changing the thought, changing your relationship to the thought.
EX: Instead of “I am worthless.” think, “I am noticing that I am having the thought that I am worthless.”
EX: Sing your thought or say it in the voice of a cartoon character.
What is cognitive defusion?
Slipping in the recovery process versus fully falling back into the eating disorder.
What is a lapse versus a relapse.
DBT was designed for people on the impulsive, undercontrolled end of the spectrum. RO-DBT was designed for people on the overcontrolled end of the spectrum, with qualities such as... (name 3)
What are cognitive rigidity, perfectionism, and inhibitory control?
(other acceptable answers include: insistence on sameness, self-critical, fear of mistakes, serious, high standards, sacrifice personal needs to achieve goals/help others, need for structure and symmetry)
In this state, you are ruled by facts, reason, logic, etc. Values and feelings are not important
What is reasonable mind?
0 or 100. A type of cognitive distortion.
"I'm not as good as Monet, so why should I even try to paint?"
What is all-or-nothing thinking?
A psychological state in which one can adapt to the moment and align with values.
What is psychological flexibility?
The field has shifted from defining ED relapse/recovery based solely on physical symptoms and behaviors to also valuing...
What are psychological/cognitive symptoms?
The 3 core principles of RO-DBT
What are receptivity and openness, flexible control, and intimacy and connectedness?
What are objectives effectiveness, relationship effectiveness, and self-respect effectiveness?
The process of identifying a cognitive distortion leading to a faulty assumption leading to a core belief. Usually by asking questions like, "If that were true, what would that mean about me?"
What is the downward arrow technique?
The theory that ACT founder, Steven Hayes, used to inform the development of ACT based on the symbolic nature of language.
What is relational frame theory?
One of the levels of motivation for change. You don’t think you have a problem and/or don’t want to change.
What is precontemplation?