Partnering Physical and Emotional Fitness: Improving Cardiac Recovery With Training in Emotion Regulation

The intervention participants will meet with a trained interventionist for five 60-minute sessions as a group (two groups of five participants each). In the sessions time will be divided between didactic presentation of material, active practicing of techniques, group work focused on case studies, and worksheets for further practice at home. Topics covered within the intervention include emotional awareness, balancing emotional and physical wellbeing, selecting and implementing emotion regulation strategies (such as situation selections, mindfulness, engagement/avoidance, reappraisal, and emotional sharing), and emotional monitoring.