Emotional Awareness and SElf-regulation for Depression in Patients With Hypertension (EASE) Study

Session 1: Introduction to UPLIFT/Noticing Thoughts Session 2: Checking and Changing Thoughts Session 3: Coping \& Relaxing Session 4: Attention \& Mindfulness Session 5: The Present as a Calm Place Session 6: Thoughts as Changeable, Thoughts as Not Fixed Session 7: Focus on Pleasure \& the Importance of Reinforcement Session 8: Preventing Lapses and Giving Thanks

Subjects randomized to UC will be advised to seek help from their primary care physician (PCP) or other sources as they normally would if they encountered symptomatic deterioration or other difficulties over the course of the study