Mindfulness
A way to disengage from the hectic world and focus attention inward
What is Mindfulness practice
name something that is out of your personal sphere of control
Open answer
This is often reflected by obsessive thinking
What is Over-Control
To accept that there is simply nothing one can do to change the situation, is an example of this
What is Surrender
rather than negative thoughts, unpleasant feelings, or annoying sounds, in the "eye of the hurricane" meditation, you should bring focus back to your...
what is breath
true or false: there are limits to ones personal control in any situation
True
This refers to not taking any action at all when dealing with uncontrollable circumstances.
What is Passive Coping
strategies that are directed at problem solving, and entails taking direct action to deal with a stressor and to reduce its effects, refers to this.
What is Active coping
In "the eye of the hurricane meditation" clients explore this by using their breath to become like the eye of the hurricane.
what is inner peace
One of the most, if not the most, important goal in therapy is to...
What is increase people's sense of control
An example of a passive coping strategy is...
complaining to others either to cope with difficult feelings, get sympathy or elicit their help, withdrawing from challenging activities, or relying on medication to cope with the situation
True or false: surrendering is an active, intentional process
true
true or false: when practicing mindfulness, it is important to judge the thoughts that enter our mind and force away the negative ones.
false, we should not judge our thoughts, but simply observe them.
True or false: to surrender means to give up
false
Those who lack the ability to control their self control are said to have a problem with this
what is Over-control
Give an example of active coping:
solving problems, investing more effort, seeking information or reframing the meaning of the problem.
Thinking of an eye of the hurricane as inner peace is an example of this type of figure of speech
what is a metaphore
"we cannot control certain thoughts from occurring or actively fall asleep. In these situations, the only way to enhance personal control I by letting go of control" this is an example of this paradox
What is the paradox of surrender
Trying to control thoughts leads to an increase in this
what is the frequency of thoughts
between an emotion-focused, compared with problem-focused copying style, research has shown that using this style is more helpful in low-control situations
What is emotion-focused