First Evaluation of COMET-Y

Competitive memory training (COMET) is a transdiagnostic intervention first developed for adults and later adapted to be used in children and adolescents. The adapted version for youth consists of 7 sessions in which participants learn to facilitate activation of functional/positive thoughts instead of relying on dysfunctional/negative thoughts by using positive self-verbalizations, imagery, body posture, and music. In addition, they are challenged to reformulate dysfunctional/negative thoughts into more functional/positive thoughts. As an addition to the original COMET protocol, there is a parent session in which parents receive psycho-education about their influence on self-esteem. Parents learn to be a 'co-therapist' and to support practicing at home and improve generalization.