Table 1 Well-being therapy (WBT) sessions according to Fava [19, 21] and Fava et al. [20]
Session | Focus | Objectives | Tool |
|---|---|---|---|
Session 1 | Identifying and setting episodes of well-being into situational context | Report the circumstances surrounding the episodes of well-being rated on a scale of 0 to 100, with zero being absence of well-being and 100 being the most intense well-being | Diary |
Session 2 | Optimal experiences | Define optimal experiences and report on them | Diary |
Session 3 | Identifying interfering thoughts and behaviors | Report the thoughts and behaviors that interrupt well-being | Diary |
Session 4 | Illustrating autonomy | Proposing the dimension of autonomy as material for reflections to the well-being diary | Examples, metaphors |
| Â | Reflecting and practicing autonomy | Attempting to explain the premature interruption of well-being with the help of the dimension of autonomy | Daily exposure to pleasurable activities and diary |
Session 5 | Illustrating environmental mastery | Proposing the dimension of environmental mastery as material for reflections to the well-being diary | Examples, metaphors |
Reflecting and practicing environmental mastery | Attempting to explain the premature interruption of well-being with the help of the dimension of environmental mastery | Daily exposure to pleasurable activities and diary | |
Session 6 | Illustrating positive relations with others | Proposing the dimension of satisfactory interactions as material for reflections to the well-being diary | Examples, metaphors |
Reflecting and practicing positive relations with others | Attempting to explain the premature interruption of well-being with the help of the dimension of satisfactory interactions | Daily exposure to pleasurable activities and diary | |
|  | Illustrating personal growth | Proposing the dimension of individual’s style and degree of growth as material for reflections to the well-being diary | Examples, metaphors |
Reflecting and practicing personal growth | Attempting to explain the premature interruption of well-being with the help of the dimension of individual’s style and degree of growth | Daily exposure to pleasurable activities + diary | |
Session 7 | Illustrating self-acceptance | Proposing the dimension of development or self-actualization as material for reflections to the well-being diary | Examples, metaphors |
Reflecting and practicing self-acceptance | Attempting to explain the premature interruption of well-being with the help of the dimension of development or self-actualization | Daily exposure to pleasurable activities and diary | |
|  | Illustrating purpose in life | Proposing the dimension of an individual’s balance and integration of psychic forces as material for reflections to the well-being diary | Examples, metaphors |
Reflecting and practicing purpose in life | Attempting to explain the premature interruption of well-being with the help of the dimension of an individual’s balance and integration of psychic forces | Daily exposure to pleasurable activities and diary | |
Session 8 | Placing the experience of WBT in the treatment history of the patient Ending treatment therapy | Review the patient’s effort to contrast interruptions of well-being Continuing cognitive restructuring and in vivo contrast of automatic thoughts Checking the patient’s feeling about ending the therapy | Diary |