Table 5.
Overview of Patient B’s treatment schedule
| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | |
| Session | S1: (1.5 h) | S2: (3.5 h) | S3: (3.5 h) | S4: (3.5 h) |
| Number | Baseline assessment | Psychoeducation | Review relaxation OOSAs | Competing response |
| Introduce relaxation | Tic hassles form | Inconvenience review | ||
| Meet therapists | Stress vs relaxation | Competing responses | Relaxation practice | |
| Relaxation postures | Inconvenience review | Review OOSAs | ||
| Introductions | PMR + 12 | Review tic 1 and 2 | Review CR for all tics | |
| Treatment overview | Diaphragmatic breathing | Competing responses 1, 2 | Summarize progress | |
| Visual imagery | Review treatment tic 1 | Emphasize social support | ||
| Awareness training | Practice relaxation | Reward review | ||
| Psychoeducation about tics | Competing response 1 and 2 | |||
| Rationale for treatment | Assign homework | |||
| Tic Sx hierarchy | ||||
| Feedback about assessment | ||||
| OOSAs | Practice relaxation | CR tics 1-2 | F(x) based interventions | |
| Practice PRM + 12 | Monitor 15 min, 3-4x | Relaxation | ||
| Practice visual imagery | F(x) based interventions | Family and social support | ||
| Relaxed breathing |
PMR: Progressive muscle relaxation; Sx: Symptoms; CR: Competing response; OOSA: Out of session assignment; F(x) = Function.