Skip to main content

Table 1 Calming anxiety: description of module content

From: Low-intensity internet-delivered treatment for generalized anxiety symptoms in routine care: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Module name

Brief description

Getting Started

Outlines the basic premise of CBT and provides some information about anxiety. Users are encouraged to explore their current difficulties with anxiety and to begin monitoring their anxiety levels.

Understanding Moods and Emotions

This module describes the behavioral, physical, and emotional aspects of the Thoughts-Feelings-Behaviour (TFB) cycle. The user is introduced to relaxation practices. Users start to build their own anxiety-related TFB cycles

Anxious thoughts and worry

This module focuses on noticing anxious thoughts and worry, and ways of relating to these thoughts, including acceptance, distraction, and ‘worry time’.

Face your Anxiety, Step by Step

This module outlines why avoidance is harmful, and breaks down the steps needed for successful graded exposure. Users are encouraged to build their own fear hierarchies and to begin working through them.

Challenge your Anxious Thoughts

This module explains negative automatic thoughts, their role in anxiety, and how to challenge them. Users are encouraged to challenge the thoughts in their TFB cycles, and make use of helpful thoughts.

Bringing it all Together.

In this final module, users are encouraged to bring together all the skills and ideas they have gathered so far, note their personal warning signs, and make a plan for staying well.