ACT & DBT

Question 1

what’s one thing always beneath a type of therapy

Answer 1

a philosophy

Question 2

difference between acceptance and resignation?

Answer 2

acceptance- limits of reality. resignation- nothing can change for life.

Question 3

ACT made simple said what about change?

Answer 3

Make every effort you can to change- except for when the cost is too high

Question 4

Dr A’s value- how to sleep at night?

Answer 4

Live aligned to your values

Question 5

What is the triangle of ACT- in terms of psychological flexibility?

Answer 5

Do what matters, Open Up, Be present

Question 6

Limitations of ACT?

Answer 6

Some of the research behind it is questionable

Question 7

Mindfulness is part of DBT, which treats BPDWhat is the irony of mindfulness?

Answer 7

If not done right, can bring damage to people with BPD with a lot of trauma. they breakdown mentally

Question 8

is BPD traits and diagnosis the same thing? Do people with BPD traits also experience trauma?

Answer 8

No.

Question 9

What is ACT? What is the philosophy/ principle

Answer 9

Mindfulness-oriented and behavioural therapy. Grounded in humanistic philosophy

Question 10

Is mindfulness always good?

Answer 10

No.

Question 11

What’s the difference between goal and value according to ACT?

Answer 11

values are for now, goals are for future

Question 12

What’s the difference between goal and value according to ACT?

Answer 12

values are for now, goals are for future. Values are more important than goal

Question 13

ACT stands for

Answer 13

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy

Question 14

How can ACT be boiled down to?

Answer 14

Live aligned with your values in the now.

Question 15

What does ACT advocate for?

Answer 15

Live in the now

Question 16

what do baseball players say when they are in flow?

Answer 16

the baseball come at them like slow motion

Question 17

difference between flow and being present?

Answer 17

Flow- you have to be in a heightened state arousal/ cognitive engagement

Question 18

who gets dark humour, according to research

Answer 18

intelligent people

Question 19

Who like archetypes?

Answer 19

Jung and Peterson

Question 20

what is Dr A’s frothy milk?

Answer 20

a metaphor for living life on your own terms

Question 21

ACT Fusion vs. defusion?

Answer 21

ACT principles. Fusion is enmeshed with thoughts. Defusion is being aware/ creating space between you & thoughts.

Question 22

what do the many charts & tables in ACT do?

Answer 22

Seems simple and insulting. But really helps when you sit down and do them

Question 23

Rituals for transitioning?

Answer 23

funeral, weddings, birthdates

Moving forward and letting go

Question 24

Humour is?

Answer 24

The antidote to fear and anxiety

Question 25

Four quadrants of life?

Answer 25

leisure, work, relationships, self growth

Question 26

what two statements block out negative emotions?

Answer 26

humor and gratitude

Question 27

WHen people try to deal with thoughts by suppression

Answer 27

it comes back stronger

Question 28

Gallows humor

Answer 28

health professionals make fun that only eachother get. Healthy coping mechanism

Question 29

what does DBT treat?

Answer 29

BPD

Question 30

Four components?

Answer 30

emotional management, interpersonal effectiveness, mindfulness, distress tolerance.

Question 31

Huge part of DBT?

Answer 31

mindfulness

Question 32

How is Dr. A’s approach of therapy similar/different to DBT?

Answer 32

DBT is highly structured and systematic
Dr A is high unstructured
But he uses the principles

Question 33

what other disorders DBT treat?

Answer 33

trauma and eating disorder

Question 34

in DBT, which exercise is a great metaphor?

Answer 34

holding ice cube- you habituate the discomfort.

Question 35

the similarity between ACT and DBT

Answer 35

tolerate uncomfortable emotions, find better ways of coping