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What are the 3 modes of behavior? - ANSWER ✔✔1. Motoric -
Movement of the skeletal muscular system
2. Cognitive - Verbal, Thinking, Problem Solving, Perceiving, Imaging,
Speaking, Writing, Gestures, Observational behavior
3. Physiological - Activities of the nervous system, glands, and smooth
muscles
,What are 3 types of Invalidating families? - ANSWER ✔✔1. Chaotic -
needs of the children are disregarded and invalidated
2. Perfect - parents can not tolerate negative emotional displays from
their children
3. Typical - "American Way Syndrome" - oversimplification of problems
or emotions
What are the 3 Dialectical Principles in DBT? - ANSWER ✔✔1. The
principle of Interrelatedness and wholeness
2. The principle of polarity
3. The principle of continuous change : Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis
What do we validate in DBT? - ANSWER ✔✔1. Validate the
Individual
2. Validate the Behavior
What are the Levels of Validation? - ANSWER ✔✔1. Listening and
Observing
2. Accurate Reflection
3. Articulating the Unverbalized
4. Validating in Terms of Sufficient Causes
,5. Validating as Reasonable in the Moment
6. Treating the Person as Valid - Radical Genuineness
What are grounds for Level 5 Validation? - ANSWER ✔✔1. Inherent
soundness
2. Skillful means to long term goals
3. Normative behavior
4. Efficacious means
What are the 5 Validation Strategies? - ANSWER ✔✔1. Validating the
"Shoulds"
2. Finding the Kernel of Truth
3. Respecting Differing Values
4. Acknowledging "Wise Mind"
5. Validity as Emergent
What is a Level 6 strategy where a therapist validates the inherent ability
of the client to overcome difficulties to build a Life Worth Living? -
ANSWER ✔✔Cheerleading
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, What are the 2 types of Validation? - ANSWER ✔✔1. Topographical -
words
2. Functional - behaviors
In DBT, therapists use Validation for specific response targets. What are
these targets? - ANSWER ✔✔1. Actions
2. Cognitions
3. Physiological Responses
4. Emotions
What are the reasons to Validate in DBT? - ANSWER ✔✔1.
Validation is used to balance acceptance and change
2. Validation is used to teach self-validation
3. Validation is used to strengthen clinical progress
4. Validation is used as feedback
5. Validation is used to strengthen the therapeutic relationship
What are the Dialectical Strategies? - ANSWER ✔✔1. Managing the
tension between opposites
2. Developing metaphors
3. Entering the paradox