Mindfulness & Acceptance Approaches Flashcards
7 cards from real CBT practice questions. Tap to flip, then mark Knew It or Still Learning — missed cards come back until you master them.
Read the first 7 Mindfulness & Acceptance Approaches flashcards as text
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) was originally developed to prevent relapse in which population?
Answer: Clients with recurrent major depression
MBCT was developed by Segal, Williams, and Teasdale specifically to prevent relapse in individuals with three or more episodes of major depression.
The ACT metaphor of 'passengers on the bus' is used to illustrate:
Answer: How difficult thoughts and feelings can threaten to redirect value-based behavior
The 'passengers on the bus' metaphor shows how thoughts and feelings (passengers) may demand the driver (client) change direction, illustrating defusion and committed action despite inner obstacles.
Body scan meditation primarily serves to develop which therapeutic skill?
Answer: Interoceptive awareness and non-judgmental attention to physical sensations
Body scan meditation systematically cultivates interoceptive awareness—the ability to notice bodily sensations with curiosity and non-judgment rather than reacting to them.
A client practicing mindfulness notices they keep judging themselves for 'doing it wrong.' The MOST skillful therapeutic response is to:
Answer: Help the client apply mindful observation to the judging thoughts themselves
The most skillful response is to help the client notice the judging mind with the same non-judgmental awareness applied to any other mental content, turning mindfulness toward the judging itself.
In DBT, the TIPP skill is used for crisis situations and includes which of the following components?
Answer: Temperature, Intense exercise, Paced breathing, Progressive relaxation
TIPP stands for Temperature (cold water on face), Intense exercise, Paced breathing, and Progressive relaxation—distress tolerance skills that rapidly reduce physiological arousal.
The concept of 'beginner's mind' in mindfulness practice refers to:
Answer: Approaching each moment with openness and curiosity as if experiencing it for the first time
Beginner's mind (shoshin in Zen) means approaching each experience with fresh curiosity and openness, free from preconceptions, even with familiar situations.
Which of the following BEST differentiates mindfulness-based acceptance strategies from traditional CBT thought challenging?
Answer: Acceptance strategies change the relationship to thoughts, while CBT aims to change thought content
Acceptance-based approaches change the client's relationship to thoughts (observing without fusion) rather than disputing or modifying the content of the thoughts themselves.