Table 1 Topics covered in the integrated reminiscence sessions
From: Group reminiscence for hope and resilience in care-seekers who have attempted suicide
| Session | Title | Objective | Techniques |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction Objectives and regulations Achieving a single approach Explaining the reminiscence sessions and the outcomes | Introducing the participants to each other Creating a casual environment Attracting attention and interest Introducing the objectives Introducing the process of reminiscence | Warm up Communicational skills Giving identification Clarification |
| 2 | Sharing memories about oppressed feeling, loneliness, and hopelessness | Emotional ventilation Recognizing feelings and positive/negative emotions | Free association Re-expression Reflecting Socratic questioning |
| 3 | Sharing memories about anxiety, anger, and fear | Emotional ventilation, altering cognition in the participant, and anger and anxiety management | Free association Re-expression Clarification Socratic questioning |
| 4 | Sharing memories about the first experience with affection and love, optimism and negativism, fate and free will | Emotional ventilation Improving self-awareness Altering one’s will | Free association Re-expression Clarification Socratic questioning |
| 5 | Sharing memories about physical violence and feelings in childhood and at school | Emotional ventilation Recognizing individuals’ mood Eliminating unrelaxing feelings | Free association Re-expression Clarification Purposeful questioning |
| 6 | Sharing memories about body mental image, subjective mental image and life mental image | Recognizing the pain of inferiority complex Recovering and modifying mental images | Free association Re-expression Clarification Socratic questioning |
| 7 | Sharing memories about positive and moral feelings and negative destructive feelings | Recognizing weaknesses and strengths Familiarizing with bothering feelings and eliminating negative feelings | Free association Re-expression Clarification Socratic questioning |
| 8 | Summarizing and celebrating Hearing comments about the meanings of sessions | Surveying participants’ thoughts and feelings about group work Planning for future Thanking the participants | Summarizing Developing concept |
