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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2015 Jan 20;45(3):291–304. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2014.979933

Table 1.

Content of BA Sessions

Sessions Content Areas Specific Topics
1–2 Case Conceptualization and
Introduction to BA Model		 Introduction to the BA Model (“Getting Started”)
3–4 Activation & Goal-Directed
Behavior

  1. The Situation-Activity-Mood Connection

  2. Regulating Mood through Activity (“Goal-Directed versus Mood-Directed Behavior”)

  3. Why Do I Do What I Do?: The Payoff and Price of Behavior;
5–8 Core Skills

  1. Problem Solving

  2. Goal Setting

  3. Barriers to Goal Setting

  4. Overcoming Avoidance
9–12 Practice and Application All of the above
13–14 Relapse Prevention and
Termination

  1. Strategies for Preventing Relapse

  2. Strengths and Challenges