Wise Minds

• Module 1: Mindfulness Skills

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  • Week 1 (Aug 13, 2024)

    • Orientation; Wise Mind

      • Goals of Skills Training (G1)

      • Guidelines for Skills Training (G3)

      • Wise Mind: States of Mind (M3)

  • Week 2 (Aug 20, 2024)

    • Mindfulness “What” Skills and Mindfulness “How” Skills

      • Taking Hold of Your Mind: “What” Skills (M4)

      • Taking Hold of Your Mind: “How” Skills (M5)

    • Mindfulness of Current Thoughts (DT14)

• Module 2: Distress Tolerance Skills

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  • Week 3 (Aug 27, 2024)

    • Goals of Distress Tolerance (DT1)

    • Pros and Cons (DT5)

    • Distracting (DT7)

    • Self-Soothing (DT8)

  • Week 4 (Sep 3, 2024)

    • Reality Acceptance

      • Radical Acceptance (DT11)

      • Practicing Radical Acceptance (DT11b)

      • Turning the Mind (DT12)

    • Willingness (DT13)

• Module 3: Emotion Regulation Skills

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  • Week 5 (Sep 10, 2024)

    • Observing and Describing Emotions

    • Understanding Emotions

      • Goal of Emotion Regulation (ER1)

      • What Emotions Do for You (ER2)

    • Labeling Emotions

      • Model for Describing Emotions (ER5)

      • Ways to Describe Emotions (ER6)

  • Week 6 (Sep 17, 2024)

    • PLEASE

      • Taking Care of Your Mind by Taking Care of Your Body (ER20)

    • Mindfulness in Everyday Life (ER22)

  • Week 7 (Sep 24, 2024)

    • Increasing Positive Experiences

      • Accumulating Positive Emotions in Short Term (ER15)

      • Pleasant Events List (ER16)

      • Accumulating Positive Emotions in Long Term (ER17)

      • Values and Priorities List (ER18)

      • Build Mastery and Coping Skills (ER19)

  • Week 8 (Oct 1, 2024)

    • Opposite Action

      • Figuring Out How to Change Unwanted Emotions (ERWS6)

      • Opposite Action and Problem Solving (ER9)

      • Opposite Action (ER10)

      • Figuring Out Opposite Actions (ER11)

• Module 4: Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills

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  • Week 9 (Oct 8, 2024)

    • Understanding Obstacles; Clarifying Goals

      • Goals of Interpersonal Effectiveness (IE1)

      • Factors in the Way of Interpersonal Effectiveness (IE2)

      • Evaluating Your Options (IE8)

  • Week 10 (Oct 15, 2024)

    • Dialectics

      • How to Think and Act Dialectically (IE16)

      • Examples of Opposite Sides That Can Both Be True (16a)

      • Important Opposites to Balance (16b)

    • Self-Validation

      • Validation (IE17)

      • Recovering from Invalidation (IE18)

  • Week 11 (Oct 22, 2024)

    • DEAR MAN

      • Guidelines for Objective Effectiveness: Getting What You Want (DEAR MAN) (IE5)

    • GIVE FAST

      • Guidelines for Relationship Effectiveness (GIVE) (IE6)

      • Guidelines for Self Respect Effectiveness (FAST) (IE7)

  • Week 12 (Oct 29, 2024)

    • Behavior Principles in Relationships

      • Strategies for Increasing the Probability of Desired Behavior (IE20)

      • Strategies for Decreasing for Stopping Undesired Behaviors (IE21)

      • Tips for Using Behavior Change Strategies Effectively (IE22)