Contents
Session 1
Handouts
Below are the handouts you will need to participate in this session. If you are participating in a virtual program (e.g., on Zoom), please print out these materials or have them pulled up on your computer.
Practice at Home
After each session, you are invited to continue your practice and learning at home. They will be reviewed in the next session.
1. Complete Partial Thought Record (download under Handouts)
2. Practice relaxation exercises.
Optional Reading
This reading provides additional support for the material covered in this session, but is entirely optional.
- Harvard article on learning diaphragmatic breathing
- Article: “Four Tips for Living with Cancer Anxiety”
- Article: “What’s My Stage Again?”
Session 2
Handouts
Below are the handouts you will need to participate in this session. If you are participating in a virtual program (e.g., on Zoom), please print out these materials or have them pulled up on your computer.
Practice at Home
After each session, you are invited to continue your practice and learning at home. They will be reviewed in the next session.
1. Complete Full Thought Record (download under Handouts)
- Identify unhelpful thought patterns and alternate responses.
- This will be discussed in small groups next week.
2. Practice relaxation exercises
Optional Reading
This reading provides additional support for the material covered in this session, but is entirely optional.
- Article: “Why Labeling Emotions Matters“
- Article: “All or Nothing Thinking”
Session 3
Handouts
Below are the handouts you will need to participate in this session. If you are participating in a virtual program (e.g., on Zoom), please print out these materials or have them pulled up on your computer.
Practice at Home
After each session, you are invited to continue your practice and learning at home. They will be reviewed in the next session.
1. Complete Four Steps to Reframing (download under Handouts)
- Identify an anxious situation and how to reframe it.
- This will be discussed in small groups next week.
2. Practice relaxation exercises
Optional Reading
This reading provides additional support for the material covered in this session, but is entirely optional.
Session 4
Handouts
Below are the handouts you will need to participate in this session. If you are participating in a virtual program (e.g., on Zoom), please print out these materials or have them pulled up on your computer.
Practice at Home
After each session, you are invited to continue your practice and learning at home. They will be reviewed in the next session.
1. Practice using your STOPP cards (download under Handouts)
2. Practice relaxation exercises
Optional Reading
This reading provides additional support for the material covered in this session, but is entirely optional.
- Article: “How (and Why) You Need to Pause”
Session 5
Handouts
Below are the handouts you will need to participate in this session. If you are participating in a virtual program (e.g., on Zoom), please print out these materials or have them pulled up on your computer.
Practice at Home
None! You’re done! If you’d like, you can practice the Open Guided Imagery relaxation exercise.
Optional Reading
This reading provides additional support for the material covered in this session, but is entirely optional.
- Article: “The Benefits of Imagery“
- Article: “The Health Benefits of Guided Imagery“