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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 24.
Published in final edited form as: Cogn Behav Pract. 2010 Aug 1;17(3):309–321. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2009.12.003

Table 1.

ACT HEALTHY Schedule of Session Content

Session 1: Introduction to BA and Life-Steps

  • Treatment rationale

  • Life-Steps

  • Introduce self-monitoring of current activities and daily mood ratings

  • Planned Relaxation *

Session 2: Life Values and Goals

  • Review self-monitoring and daily mood ratings

  • Discuss Life-Steps and past days’ medication adherence*

  • Discuss treatment rationale*

  • Introduce and develop individual life values and goals

Session 3: Identifying Activities and Contracts

  • Review self-monitoring and daily mood ratings

  • Activity identification for life areas and goals

  • Introduce behavioral contracts

Session 4: Daily and Weekly Goals

  • Review self-monitoring and daily mood ratings

  • Review behavioral contracts

  • Introduce daily and weekly goals exercise

Sessions 5-8: Monitoring Progress, Post-Residential Treatment Planning

  • Review daily and weekly goals

  • Integrate new activities into daily and weekly goals

  • Discuss postresidential substance abuse treatment goals and activities

Outpatient Sessions 9-16

  • Review daily and weekly goals, posttreatment contracts

  • Revisit life areas and goals

  • Integrate new activities into daily and weekly goals

*

Denotes repetition of activity in all subsequent sessions.