Table 2.

Outline of programme modules.

Modules	Description
SilverCloud	This a technical module that introduces the user to the platform. Describing core platform features; icons, layout, tools and activities.
Getting started	This module provides an overview of depression; what it is and why it occurs. It introduces the cycle of depression, the basic concept of CBT and TFB cycles.
Getting to grips with mood	This module supports the user to develop a greater understanding of their mood and emotions. To reflect on how their thoughts, physical reactions and behaviour are all interconnected in affecting how they feel.
Spotting Thoughts	The objective of this module is to increase user awareness of unhelpful thinking patterns, to spot distorted thinking and thinking errors and examine outcomes of negative thought cycles.
Boosting behaviour	Boosting behaviour is a practical module aimed at supporting the user to identify behaviour traps. To plan activities that create a sense of pleasure or achievement and identify exercises that will target physical reactions to distress.
Challenge Your Thoughts	This module focuses on identifying hot thoughts and thinking errors, and supports the user to develop a more balanced alternatives to negative thinking patterns.
Core Beliefs	This module supports the user to identify and challenge negative core beliefs that underline negative distorted thinking. It encourages users to find a balanced alternative to unhelpful core beliefs.
Bringing it all Together	This module facilitates users to reflect on the knowledge they have acquired, the skills they have learned and how they are going to progress forward with a focus on staying well and maintaining social support.