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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychooncology. 2019 Mar 15;28(4):880–887. doi: 10.1002/pon.5037

Table 1.

Intervention Sessions, Modules with Targeted Strategies and Measures

Session

#1
Increase
Mindful
Awareness
(phone)
Intervention Module

1: Personal Story of Emotional Response to Breast Cancer

2: Psychoeducation
and Monitoring Emotional Experiences
Targeted Strategies and Measures

Describe emotions and thoughts – FFMQ
Non-judging stance toward emotions and thoughts –FFMQ

Distress tolerance - DTS

#2
Increase
Approach
(in person)

3: Approach coping and mindfulness



4: Cognitive Flexibility

Cancer-related acceptance – COPE ACCEPTANCE
Cancer-related emotion expression – EAC

Notice/reappraise thinking – UP CSQ

#3

Reduce
Avoidance
(in person)

5: Countering Emotion-Driven Behaviors



6. Emotional Exposure

Cancer-related mental and behavioral disengagement & denial – COPE-AVOID
Rumination - RRQ

Experiential avoidance – MEAQ
Reduce fear of depression – ACS
#4
Retention of Changes
(phone)
7: Maintaining Emotional Approach and Low Avoidance
8: Anticipating Barriers and Moving Forward

FFMQ = Five Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire: Describe and Non-judging Subscales33

DTS = Distress Tolerance Scale34

COPE Inventory = Cancer-related Acceptance and Avoidance Subscales35

EAC – Emotion Approach Coping: Emotion Expression Subscale36

UP CSQ = Unified Protocol Cognitive Skills Questionnaire37

RRQ = Rumination subscale of the Rumination and Reflection Questionnaire38

MEAQ = Multidimensional Experiential Avoidance: Avoidance and Repression Subscales39

ACS = Affective Control Scale: Depression Subscale40