Table 2.
Detailed description of the main objective and the theoretical model of each of the sessions of the COVID grief self-applied intervention.
| Module | Theory | Principal objective |
|---|---|---|
| Grief phases | Cognitive behavioral therapy | To carry out psychoeducation about the grief process and manifestations (Neimeyer, 2014). To explain myths about grief and grief phases (Klüber-Ross, 1969; Klüber-Ross and David, 2005). |
| To identify emotions and attend needs | Cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness | To accept negative impacts and search for emotional consequences to approach them. To identify needs, difficulties, preoccupations, and emotions (Neimeyer, 2014). |
| To feel and face the pain | Cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness and positive psychology | To normalize positive emotions, expressions, and to exculpate for experimenting them (Neimeyer, 2014). |
| Evaluation of pre-occupations | Cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness | To explore resources and possibilities of coping with difficulties. To recognize signs of each emotion (Neimeyer, 2014). |
| Rights deprived grief for COVID-19 | Cognitive behavioral therapy | To orientate on how to identify characteristics of rights deprived deaths. To evaluate the emotional impact of deaths during the pandemic (Worden, 2008; Payás, 2010; Kokou-Kpolou et al., 2020). |
| Parting strategies | Cognitive behavioral therapy | To guide in alternative parting rituals application when it is not possible to say goodbye. To allow for emotional expression during parting rituals (World Health Organization, 2016; Osiris et al., 2020). |
| Self-care | Cognitive behavioral therapy and behavioral activation | To promote actions of self-care in the different spheres of life (physical, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual) (Díaz et al., 2014; Neimeyer, 2014). |
| Take back daily activities | Behavioral activation | To help a person gradually come back to his/her daily activities from the simpler to the increasingly difficult ones (Díaz et al., 2014; Osiris et al., 2020). To stimulate facing the new reality, resulting from loss, and to promote developing the necessary practice tasks (Barreto and Soler, 2007). |
| Contact with a support network | Cognitive behavioral therapy | To highlight the importance of having a social support network to express the emotional, as well as the consequences of avoiding isolation, and recognizing the importance of having lonely moments (World Health Organization, 2016; Osiris et al., 2020). |
| Relocate to the deceased person | Cognitive behavioral therapy | To guide the person to continue with their life without an unbearable pain related to memories of their loved one. |
| Establishment of goals | Behavioral activation | To take back to short and medium lapse, which get adjusted to personal needs, considering the scope and possible obstacles (World Health Organization, 2016; Osiris et al., 2020). |
| Relapse prevention plan | Cognitive behavioral therapy and behavioral activation | To elaborate a personalized relapse prevention plan. |