ReInventing Yourself After SCI: an Intervention to Improve Outcomes After Spinal Cord Injury

ReInventing Yourself after SCI intervention integrates positive psychotherapy concepts into structured group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to develop optimistic self-efficacy beliefs, thereby strengthening resilience to emotional distress, enhancing a sense of well-being and promoting a more active lifestyle. The intervention consists of six weekly two-hour facilitator-led sessions that include didactic presentations of eight core skills and related experiential exercises with extensive group discussion.

A study-specific workbook that incorporates positive psychotherapy concepts to develop optimistic self-efficacy beliefs, thereby strengthening resilience to emotional distress, enhancing a sense of well-being and promoting a more active lifestyle.

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