Module | Psychoeducation | Reflection on status | Strategies | |
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1. | Introduction: What is stress? | Nature of stress in general and in specific cancer-related situations | My individual stressors | Diaryb |
Stress protocol | Body scana | |||
Stress protocol b | ||||
2. | Body stress reduction | Bodily sensations during stress and side effects of anticancer treatment | Relaxation protocol | Progressive muscle relaxation a |
Beach promenadea | ||||
Relaxation protocolb | ||||
3. | Cognitive stress reduction | Thoughts and their interaction with emotions and bodily sensations | My negative thought patterns | Negative thought cyclea |
Relationship of body position and thoughtsb | ||||
Thinking styles and reflectionb | ||||
Thoughts on cloudsa | ||||
4. | Emotional stress reduction | Feelings and cancer-related emotions as anxiety and worries were explained | My feelings and worries | Mountain meditationa |
Emotional emergency kita | ||||
5. | Mindfulness and acceptance of thoughts and emotions | Meaning of mindfulness and acceptance and their implementation in daily life in contrast to the active strategies learned in modules 1–4 | My definition and experiences with acceptance | Acceptance story a,b |
Body scana,b | ||||
Integration of mindfulnessb | ||||
Winter walka | ||||
Spring awakeninga | ||||
6. | Activation of resources: quality of life and pleasure | Introduction of models of the balance between burden and resources | My individual resources | Health-cycle b |
Planning activitiesb | ||||
Week planner b | ||||
Friendly feelings with our own bodya | ||||
Enjoyment trainingb | ||||
7. | Activation of resources: social network and communication skills | Social network and the role of a supportive environment | My individual social network and current needs | Communication skillsb |
Beach promenadea | ||||
Winter promenadea | ||||
Spring awakeninga | ||||
8. | Summary | Concluding an overview and documentation of the last 7 weeks | My experiences with the program | Four seasonsa |