Table 2 Brief description of the intervention; goals, principles, and processes presented together with the theoretical and practical foundations of the intervention
| Session | Main theoretical focus | Main exercise | Main change principle | Main therapeutic process | Main reference (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Introduction | A brief description of the stress concept and basic principles of CBT and the intervention as a whole | The Five-factor model | – | – | O’Donohue and Fisher [24], Kuyken, Padesky [25] |
| 2. Emotions school |
What are emotions? Why do we have emotions? | Identify the function of emotions | Attention change | Attention training | Passer and Smith [26] |
| 3. Emotions school | Concept of acceptance and coping |
What do we need to accept? What would be different if you come to peace with it? | Attention change | Acceptance/tolerance | Kåver [27] |
| 4. The importance of thoughts |
The transaction model Cognitive Traps Vulnerability vs. resilience | Decision balance | Cognitive change | Cognitive reframing | Almén [28, 29] |
| 5. The importance of thoughts | Procrastination | Worksheet with examples | Cognitive change |
Cognitive reframing Defusion | Rozental and Wennersten [30] |
| 6. Self-compassion | What does self-compassion mean? | Create a compassionate self | Cognitive change | Cognitive reframing | Neff [31] |
| 7. Acceptance and commitment therapy |
The problem solving vs. it shows the consciousness of interpretations of different life themes Psychological flexibility | The compass of life |
Context engagement Cognitive change |
Behavioral exposure Defusion | Hayes, Strosahl [32] |
| 8. Life’s balances |
Review of important balances: Requirements vs. control / influence Activation vs. deactivation Effort vs. reward | Mapping your own situation Identifying barriers to change | Context engagement | Behavioral activation | Bakker, Killmer [33] |
| 9. Effective communication | Communication behaviors | Identifying barriers to effective communication | Context engagement |
Behavioral exposure Behavioral activation | Almén [28] |
| 10. Summary | |||||