Glossary

Biotemperament

The biological basis of emotion that impacts two things: How we see the world and how we regulate emotion. For example, are you a person with who gets easily excited about things or are you a person who is harder to impress? Are you a person who holds in their emotions for a very long time or are you more likely to show and tell people how you are feeling? As a young child, when you went to the park, were you more likely to notice the flowers or the thorns and bugs? Were you quick to play with others even if you did not know them or the game they were playing or would you stay close to your care giver or walk off alone?

Biotemperamental Traits:

  • Reward Sensitivity – How much do you perceive reward in your environment? Are you easily excitable? Or, are you hard to impress, rarely showing excitement?

  • Threat Sensitivity – How much threat do you perceive in the environment? If you saw a lot of people gathering in the street, would you think “Oh a parade! ☺” or would you think “That is a mob! ☹”

  • Novelty Seeking – How much do you like new things and new experiences? Is change exciting for you or difficult? Do you like to be spontaneous?

  • Detail Focus versus Global Focus – Do you see every vein on every leaf on every tree, or are you more likely to bump into the tree because you are looking at the beautiful forest?

  • Inhibitory Control – How much are you able to prevent yourself from acting on impulses, if you so choose? Meaning, if you believe you should not act on an impulse, are you able to stop yourself if you want?

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Treatment developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan, for issues of undercontrolled Coping, specifically for issues of pervasive emotional dysregulation. In DBT, People with undercontrolled coping need to learn how to be more serious, try harder and be more committed to change.

Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT)

Treatment developed by Dr. Tom Lynch, for issues of Overcontrolled Coping. In RO DBT, people with overcontrolled coping need to learn how to increase receptivity and openness, to increase flexible responding and to increase intimacy and connection with at least one other person.

PSYPACT® states as of January 1, 2025:

PSYPACT® enables psychologists licensed in a PSYPACT® state, to see clients in all 42 participating states, virtually. The states included, as of January 1, 2025:

1.   Alabama
2.   Arizona
3.   Arkansas
4.   Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands
5.   Connecticut
6.   Colorado
7.   Delaware
8.   District of Columbia
9.   Georgia
10. Florida
11. Idaho
12. Illinois
13. Indiana
14. Kansas
15. Kentucky
16. Maine
17. Maryland
18. Michigan
19. Minnesota
20. Mississippi
21. Missouri

22. Nebraska
23. Nevada
24. New Hampshire
25. New Jersey
26. North Carolina
27. North Dakota
28. Ohio
29. Oklahoma
30. Pennsylvania
31. Rhode Island
32. South Carolina
33. South Dakota
34. Tennessee
35. Texas
36. Utah
37. Vermont
38. Virginia
39. Washington
40. West Virginia
41. Wisconsin
42. Wyoming