Table 2 Summary of goal management training intervention by session
Session 1: Slip-ups | Overall introduction, define goals and absentminded slips, raise awareness of consequences of slips, introduce present-mindedness and mindful practice in daily life |
Session 2: Stop the automatic pilot | Define automatic pilot and how it leads to errors, learn how to ‘STOP’ automatic pilot, practice present-mindedness |
Session 3: The mental blackboard | Define the mental blackboard, learn how to ‘STOP’ and check mental blackboard, staying in the present through breathing |
Session 4: State your goals | Define goals, learn how to state goals, practice ‘STOP’ and ‘STATE’ and breath focus to become present-minded |
Session 5: Making decisions | Define competing goals, learn how to understand emotional reaction to indecision, practice ‘STOP-STATE’ to reduce stress and indecision |
Session 6: Splitting tasks into subtasks | Define overwhelming goals, learn how to split goals, practice ‘STOP-STATE-SPLIT’ |
Session 7: Checking (STOP) | Learn how to recognize errors in ‘STOP-STATE-SPLIT’ cycle, review how to use ‘STOP’ to monitor daily tasks, review strategies for being present-minded, wrap-up |