Table 1 Therapy component checklist

General procedures

Initial assessment

Describe Beck’s model and concept of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

Agree on goals of therapy

Present a shared formulation

Goal setting

Review of shared formulation

Review of success list

Relapse prevention/future planning

Behavioural techniques

Relaxation training

Breathing space

Activity schedule

Pleasure experiences sheet

Cognitive techniques

Refocusing techniques

Mindfulness

4-Step process for resilience and coping

Coping map

List of strengths and resources

Reattribution

De-catastrophizing

Advantages/disadvantages

Success list

Thought diary

Personal rule (pros/cons)

Managing worry (worry tree handout)

Blueprint for coping

Cognitive-behavioural Techniques

Guided discovery

Pleasure prediction sheet

Pleasure experiences sheet

Negative triad/negative automatic thoughts

Applying resilience

Thinking traps handout

Reality testing

Searching for alternatives

ABC form

Specific cancer topics

Impact of physical illness

Beliefs and expectations about illness

Plans and hopes for care as disease advances

Relationship between emotions and physical symptoms

Concerns about current and future ability to cope

Concerns about loss of control

Concerns about accepting help

Concerns about dying (mode/afterwards/life expectancy)

Impact of disease and mood on behaviour

Impact of disease/death on loved ones

Discussion of ‘the meaning’ of the illness

Acceptance of unfinished business