Table 1.

Overview of the COURRAGE-PLUS intervention.

		Duration	Focus of the session
Week 1	Intro	4 hours	Opening session – therapist gets to know the group and consults for hopes for counselling. The group sets the norms and rules to guide group conduct. Introduced to storybook project, and researchers are introduced as part of the team.
Week 2	C	3 hours	C elebrating survival – acknowledging women as survivors rather than victims
Week 3	O	3 hours	O ur knowledge and skills that have helped us to survive
Week 4	U	3 hours	U nderstanding the history of these knowledge and skills
Week 5	R	3 hours	R emembering the hardships we have been subjected to
Week 6	R	3 hours	R eframing and re-positioning ourselves with regards to the problems we have experienced
Week 7	A	3 hours	A ppreciating important people in our lives
Week 8	G	3 hours	G uarding and protecting what is valuable to us
Week 9	E	4 hours	E nvisioning the future – hopes, dreams and aspirations for the future
Week 10	P	3 hours	P lanning for the future – identifying strategies to achieve your future
Week 11	L	4 hours	L earning together – Training and strategies
Week 12	U	4 hours	U buntu – collective actions and collective power
Week 13	S	4 hours	S haring – ceremony to mark the end of the counselling journey