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. 2022 Jan 19;10(2):188. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10020188

Table 2.

Objectives of sessions in the reminiscence program.

Session Objectives
1. Optimal Experience Recover autobiographical memories of positive events, reinterpret positive experiences and emotions, consolidate the identity and integrity of the self by evaluating achievements and giving meaning to life.
2. Lowest Moment Recover autobiographical memories of negative events, reinterpret negative experiences and emotions, consolidate identity and integrity of self by evaluating coping strategies.
3. Decisive Moment Recovering specific autobiographical memories and “decisive moments of life”, reconstructing and searching for meaning and sense of past events, consolidating identity, coherence, and attribution of meaning to experiences.
4. Earliest memory Recover autobiographical memories and construction of life episodes from childhood, evoke positive or negative emotions and integrate them into the present to consolidate meaning and coherence for experiences.
5. Memories of adolescence Reconstructing past events of adolescence and searching for meaning, consolidating identity and integrity of self, coherence and attribution of meaning to experiences.
6. Memories of adulthood Recover autobiographical memories of positive and negative events of adulthood, consolidate the identity and integrity of the self by evaluating achievements and failures and giving meaning and coherence to life.
7. Significant people Reconstructing events with important and significant people in our lives, reconstructing these events and searching for meaning, incorporating aspects of intervention based on gratitude, forgiveness, and emotions, reinforcing social bonds.
8. Sense of life and future script Recovering memories of positive and negative events of the past and integrating them into the present to consolidate integrity, coherence, and the attribution of meaning to the experiences of the self, giving meaning to life, fostering a positive attitude and maintaining the feeling of continuous development and improvement over time.
9. Stressors and solutions Reconstructing and working on negative events of the past, normalizing negative moments, working on and improving coping and adaptation strategies.
10. Ideology: experiences and values Give value to beliefs and values giving meaning to life in order to consolidate identity, integrity, coherence, and meaning attribution to the experiences of the self.