Phase 2: Cognitive therapy
The CT component of the program began the second week and continued for three weeks. Sessions 6 and 7 occurred on Tuesday and Friday of the second week of the program. Session 8 occurred, from 9 am to 12 noon, on Tuesday of the third week of the program. Each session began with the subjects doing 30 minutes of mindfulness practice followed by the researcher giving: general information about depression; the CT model; automatic negative thoughts; and, how thoughts, moods and behaviors are connected. The researcher then conducted a group discussion to assist participants in recognizing their automatic thoughts and identifying feelings and symptoms of depression, by using a change in emotion as a cue to initiate self-monitoring of what was going through their mind.