Table 1.

Objectives of the treatment modules.

Module	Objective
Module 1. Introduction to treatment	Provides a framework about the role of emotion regulation in emotional disorders.
Module 2. Motivation for change and goal setting	Analyzes pros and cons of changing, emphasizes the importance of being motivated, and helps to establish significant life goals.
Module 3. Understanding the role of emotions	Provides psychoeducation about the roles and functions of emotions and trains the patient to track the three components of emotional experiences.
Module 4. Non-judgmental emotional awareness and acceptance of emotional experiences	Teaches the patient non-judgmental emotional awareness (i.e., mindfulness “what” and “how” skills) and the acceptance of emotional experiences.
Module 5. Practicing present-focused awareness	Continues to practice the acceptance of emotional experiences and increase awareness of physical sensations, thoughts, emotions, and daily activities.
Module 6. Learning to be flexible	Focuses on identifying maladaptive ways of thinking (i.e. thinking traps).
Module 7. Practicing cognitive flexibility	Teaches patients strategies to modify thinking traps (i.e., cognitive reappraisal). Provides information about intrusive thoughts and how to deal with them.
Module 8. Emotional avoidance	Teaches patients to identify the emotion avoidance strategies that contribute to the maintenance of their emotional problems.
Module 9. Emotion-Driven Behaviors	Teaches the concept of emotion-driven behaviors and how to replace them with more adaptive behaviors.
Module 10. Accepting and facing physical sensations	Teaches the role of physical sensations in the emotional response and provides training in interoceptive exposure.
Module 11. Facing emotions in the contexts in which they occur	Builds exposure hierarchies to help patients begin to face situation-elicited avoided emotions.
Module 12. Relapse prevention	Reviews what patients have learned throughout the program. Schedules future practice of the learned strategies and teaches patients how to identify and cope with future high-risk situations.