A Clinical Trial of Interventions to Support Family Surrogates of Critically Ill Patients

"EMPOWER is a manualized treatment delivered based in cognitive behavioral and acceptance and commitment therapies delivered by a trained mental health professional that utilizes breathing and grounding exercises, mindfulness meditation, psychoeducation, imaginal dialogue with the patient, and coping rehearsal techniques.~The total amount of time EMPOWER intervention is about 90 minutes, about 15 minutes each module. It can either be administered in one session or many sessions to accommodate the dynamic nature of ICU, and has two booster follow-up calls (roughly 45 minutes each) in the month following initial treatment."

The Supportive Conversation will match the time and attention offered through EMPOWER, so will be about 1.5-2 hours and will have two additional follow-up calls.