Table 1 Overview of iCBT-UP intervention

Introduction

Participants learn about objectives of the program and can set their own goals

Module 1

Understanding Your Emotions

Participants learn about the nature and function of emotions. Users learn that all emotions can be broken down into 3 components: thoughts, physical sensations and behaviours, and that each interacts with the others

Module 2

Mindful Emotion Awareness

This module introduces mindful emotion awareness as a skill to use in response to emotion. The two components of this module are present-focused awareness and non-judgemental awareness. Participants can practice these components by audio guided exercises

Module 3

Flexible Thinking

Participants learn about the relationship between their emotions and thoughts. They have a chance to acknowledge their thoughts in different situations, learn about thinking traps and practice flexible thinking

Module 4

Emotional Behaviours

Participants learn about the relationship between their behaviours and emotions. They come to know what we understand by emotional behaviours and think about how they express themselves in their own lives. In the exercises, they learn how to change emotional behaviours

Module 5

Facing Physical Sensations

Participants learn about the effect of physical sensations. They induce physical sensations and learn how to tolerate and accept them

Module 6

Emotion Exposures

At the end, participants set a hierarchy of emotionally difficult situations and conduct emotion exposures

Summary

A brief summary of the content of all modules; relapse prevention