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ACORDA Program consisting of 12 weekly sessions, applied to depressed adolescents aged between the 14 and 18 years old. Based on the third generation psychotherapeutic approaches, the program integrates components of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Compassion Focused Therapy. Its main objective is to develop psychological flexibility and self-compassion, since this are psychological processes that are significantly associated with depression and that appear in the literature as important mediators and moderators of therapeutic results. Contact: Andreia Azevedo |
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Alinha com a Vida – Programa de Promoção de Competências Emocionais e Sociais The Program aims to promote emotional intelligence of adolescents. Contact: Célia Barreto Carvalho |
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BeCA The BeCA is an 8-week compassion and mindfulness-based group intervention, supported by digital online resources, that aims to develop adaptive emotion regulation abilities, specifically (self-)compassion and mindfulness, and to promote mental well-being and psychophysiological, neuroendocrine and inflammatory stress responses, in the general population. Contact: Marcela Matos |
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BeCAM BeCAM is a 8-week group compassion and mindfulness-based intervention, supported by digital online resources, that aims to promote women’s perinatal wellbeing, emotion regulation, experience of motherhood and childbirth self-efficacy, and reduce psychopathology symptoms. BeCAM also aims to improve the mother-infant bond, childbirth outcomes, and newborn health indicators. Contact: Marcela Matos |
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BeCAW BeCAW is an 8-week compassion and mindfulness-based group intervention, supported by digital online resources, that aims to develop adaptive emotion regulation abilities, specifically (self-)compassion and mindfulness, and to promote mental well-being, job-related well-being, work engagement and motivation and interpersonal relationships, in corporative staff and leaders. Contact: Marcela Matos |
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BEfree BEfree is a psychological program for women with binge eating and obesity. It integrates psychoeducation, mindfulness, compassion and promotion of self-care actions in a complementary manner throughout its 12 sessions, each with duration of 2h30. BEfree is a standardized intervention carried out in a group format, and it is manualized in order for trained health-care professionals to guide group sessions. Contact: José Pinto-Gouveia |
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BT-SAD-A Intervention program based on the principles of the behavioral theory as applied to social anxiety disorder in adolescence and designed to be applied in school context with students attending the 7ththrough the 12thgrade. It includes six one hour weekly sessions in which the following techniques are applied: behavioral gradual exposure, muscular relaxation and breathing, and counter-conditioning of anxious social events. Contact: Paula Vagos |
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CARE The CARE is a mindfulness and compassion-based brief (4-week) self-help intervention designed for women from the general population with binge eating and BED. Contact: Cristiana Duarte |
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CFT for young offenders This is a structured 20-session handbook of Compassion Focused Therapy for young offenders, including youth with psychopathic features. It adapts CFT to this specific population and it was designed to attend young offenders’ mental health intervention needs, including relational problems and emotion regulation impairment. It can be delivered within forensic settings when delivering individual psychotherapeutic treatments to these youth. Contact: Daniel Rijo |
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CMT The Brief Compassion Mind Training intervention is a low intensity (2-week) program, supported by digital online resources, that comprises a psychoeducational component and a set of core CMT practices: soothing rhythm breathing; friendly facial expressions and voice tones; mindfulness; compassionate imagery and focusing. Contact: Marcela Matos |
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COMP.ACT One of the main objectives is the development, application and evaluation of the effectiveness of COMP.ACT, a group manualized intervention program based on acceptance, mindfulness and self-compassion for Chronic Pain. Contact: Sérgio Carvalho |
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COMPASS COMPASS is a compassion-based group intervention for early psychosis (diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective or schizophreniform disorders in the critical period without moderate-severe cognitive impairment or severe psychotic symptomatology). Its development was based on the theoretical model of Compassion-focused Therapy, research on self-compassion, adaptations of mindfulness for psychosis and studies on loving-kindness meditation. COMPASS comprises 12 two-hour group sessions and the groups evolve through three phases: Group as a safe place, Activating the soothing system and developing compassionate relationships and Recovery. Contact: Maria João Martins |
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Compassionate Schools Compassionate Schools is a 6-week compassion-based group intervention, designed to improve hear-rate variability, to promote compassion, empathy, mindfulness, engagement, wellbeing and mental health indicators, and to reduce fears of compassion, self and other criticism, negative affect, demotivation and burnout in teachers. Contact: Marcela Matos |
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CT-SAD-A Intervention program based in the principles of the cognitive therapy applied to social anxiety disorder in adolescence and designed to be applied in school context with students attending the 7ththrough the 12thgrade. It includes six one hour weekly sessions in which cognitive restructuring is applied to the before, during and after moments of confronting with a fear social event. Contact: Paula Vagos |
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GPS GPS’s theoretical framework is based on a cognitive–interpersonal perspective which conceptualizes aggressive behavioral patterns as a result of a distorted view of the self and the others. It aims to achieve behavioral change through the promotion of change in cognitive correlates of antisocial behavior (core schemas, cognitive distortions and cognitive products). The ultimate goal is to reach change in particular dysfunctional core beliefs underlying the social information processing of antisocial individuals. This is accomplished through a gradual strategy of change, requiring GPS to be delivered in a predefined sequence of five modules: Human Communication, Interpersonal Relationships, Cognitive Distortions, Function and Meaning of Emotions, and Dysfunctional Core Beliefs. It was designed to be applied with young and adult offenders. Contact: Daniel Rijo |
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Kg-Free Kg-Free is a manualized acceptance, mindfulness & compassionate-based group intervention for women struggling with their weight. Kg-free aims to reduce weight self-stigma and unhealthy eating behaviors and promote quality-of-life by targeting weight-related experiential avoidance and self-criticism patterns. Contact: Lara Palmeira |
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#KindGirlsInAction O #KindGirls é um programa estruturado de aplicação em grupo e em contexto escolar, que visa a promoção de processos de regulação emocional adaptativos (tais como a compaixão, aceitação e afiliação), para a promoção da qualidade de vida e proteção em relação à psicopatologia (geral e alimentar) em adolescentes do sexo feminino. Contact: Cláudia Ferreira, Joana Marta-Simões, Ana Laura Mendes |
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MBPI The MBPI is based on the Mindfulness-Based Program for Stress Reduction, the Mind/Body Program for Infertility, and basic principles of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). It is a structured group intervention targeting infertile women that aims to cultivate mindfulness and acceptance, helping them to move in a chosen and valued life direction. Contact: Ana Galhardo |
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MIM This program aims to prevent and early intervene in perinatal depression, by giving strategies to pregnant women to deal better with stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms, throw psychoeducational and cognitive-behavioral exercises, together with mindfulness and self-compassion practice. Contact: Ana Telma Pereira |
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MIND The MIND (as in “mentality” and “care”) programme is a manualized psychotherapeutic intervention that overall aims to improve psychological health in cancer patients. This 8-week group programme integrates mindfulness practice, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and compassion-focused therapy (CFT). Contact: Inês Trindade |
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NoHoW The NoHoW toolkit (TK) is a mobile-enabled website delivered as a portfolio of embedded tracking technologies, mini-apps, and web resources designed to promote weight loss maintenance in overweight individuals. The active intervention lasts six months and remains available to the user for a further 12 months to re-visit. The TK presents a self-weighing component and evidence and theory-driven thematic modules targeting behaviour regulation, motivation and emotion regulation mechanisms. Contact: Berit Heitman, Marcela Matos, Cláudia Ferreira, José Pinto-Gouveia, Cristiana Duarte, Lara Palmeira, Sérgio Carvalho |
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SAFE Schools – Student version SAFE Schools’ theoretical framework is based on the SIP model and additionally encompasses other components such as emotional activation and regulation. The intervention was designed to be delivered to whole classes of 7 th to 9 th graders, in a face-to-face format and within the class’s allocated timetable. Its goals are to mitigate the practice of aggressive behaviour by adolescent students within school contexts, to enhance prosocial and assertive behaviours and to promote more positive relational climate in the classroom. The program includes 14 weekly sessions of approximately 60 minutes each and is organized across five consecutive modules: Cognitive restructuring, Emotional management, Behavioural manifestations of aggression, Activation of alternative behaviours, Revision of gains and relapse prevention. Contact: Paula Vagos |
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SAFE Schools – Teacher version SAFE Schools’ theoretical framework is based on the SIP model and additionally encompasses other components such as emotional activation and regulation. The intervention was designed to be delivered in a face-to-face and group format to teachers of 7 th to 9 th graders, within the school context. Its goals are to help teachers better understand and manage their students’ practice of aggressive behaviour and, alternatively, model and reinforce prosocial and assertive behaviours, contributing to a more positive relational climate in the classroom. The program is organized across four modules: Cognitive and emotional motivations for aggression, Managing behaviours in the classroom, and Promotion and management of alternative behaviours to aggression. These modules are covered over a span of 25 hours scheduled during a 14-week period according to the teachers’ availability. Contact: Paula Vagos |
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PPDA The Program for the Prevention of Depression in Adolescents (PPDA) was adapted for the Portuguese population from the preventive program for adolescents “Mind and Health” developed by Arnarson and Craighead (2009, 2011). It’s a selective prevention program, composed by 14 sessions in a group format. The program is based on the cognitive behavioral model of depression and is a structured intervention designed to increase the resilience of adolescents, reducing the major cognitive-behavioural risk factors: disturbing thoughts, emotional dysregulation and behavioural problems. The PPDA includes a manual/homework book for the adolescent participants, a manual for group leaders, comprising various materials that are presented in an attractive way. Contact: Ana Paula Soares de Matos |
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3PDA The Parental Program for the Prevention of Depression in Adolescents (3PDA) was developed to improve the efficacy of the Program for the Prevention of Depression in Adolescents (PPDA). The 3PDA is an innovative intervention, includes contents such as emotional validation and compassion towards their children and increases the parents’ comprehensibility about risk and protective factors for adolescent’s depression and the quality of the relationship between parents and adolescents. It is based on the cognitive behavioral model and its 3rdWave Generation developments and includes psychoeducation and parental coaching. It is expected that more resilient and skilled parents can help vulnerable children to learn how to cope with everyday life and adversity. The 3PDA consists of 10 group sessions (and an additional session for celebration and program ending) for parents. Contact: Maria do Rosário Pinheiro |
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PRNG The PRNG includes exercises of cognitive stimulation (linguistic, gnostic, mnesic, praxic, executive, and attentional) organized into 10 sessions (10 sessions x 5 exercises). It includes reminiscent-like warm-up exercises and a reality-oriented memory closing-session exercise. It is targeted to cognitive impairments resulting from various brain diseases, especially in old age. Contact: Helena Espírito Santo |
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Projet’Ar-te Projet’Ar-te is a psychosocial and socio-educational intervention for young people aged between 12 and 18 years old living in Residential Care that aims to promote and monitor the process of youths’ autonomy during and after the residential care. Contact: Maria do Rosário Pinheiro |
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Vamos Sentir com o Necas – Programa de Promoção da Inteligência Emocional para o 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico The Program aims to promote emotional intelligence of children in elementary school. Contact: Célia Barreto Carvalho |
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O MindKindful é um programa para cuidar da mente que contempla práticas de mindfulness e compaixão ao longo de oito semanas. O mindfulness e compaixão estão intimamente ligados e toda a prática do mindfulness deve ser realizada com uma atitude de gentileza, bondade e compaixão pelo próprio, pelos outros e pela natureza. Fazemos aqui a sua apresentação separada apenas para facilitar a descrição da organização dos conteúdos do curso. Contact: José Pinto Gouveia |
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LIFE with IBD Acceptance, mindfulness, and compassion-based group intervention for people with inflammatory bowel disease aiming to increase quality of life and mental health. Contact: Cláudia Ferreira, Inês Trindade |
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PLAYwithHEART O PLAYwithHEART é um programa destinado a atletas adolescentes que tem como principal objetivo a melhoria do bem-estar dos atletas e a diminuição dos seus níveis de ansiedade desportiva. Embora não seja um objetivo primário deste programa, é possível que potencie melhores resultados na motivação, prática de treino e na performance dos atletas, uma vez que serão promovidas competências de mindfulness, aceitação, compaixão. PLAYwithHEART: Development and effectiveness study of a Program for the promotion of acceptance and cooperation skills for adolescent athletes PLAYwithHEART is a program for promoting acceptance and cooperation skills in adolescent athletes. This group application program aims to decrease levels of sport anxiety, and increase the quality of life of young athletes, by promoting skills inherent to an affiliation mentality (mindfulness, acceptance and compassion), as an alternative to a social ranking mentality (based on maladaptive processes, such as shame, self-criticism and insecure striving), to deal with the challenges and demands of the sport context. Contact: Sara Oliveira |
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MyJourney MyJourney is a free online interactive self-help program based on Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy that provides step-by-step support to promote psychological adaptation to an unfulfilled wish for children. Contact: Sofia Gameiro |
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O Eu e o Nós das Emoções – Academias Gulbenkian Conhecimento 2020 O projeto “O Eu e o Nós das Emoções” objetiva o aperfeiçoamento e avaliação de eficácia de um programa psicoeducativo emocional para crianças do 3º e 4º ano de escolaridade. Os objetivos específicos do projeto são: ensinar estratégias de autorregulação emocional focadas na tranquilização e compaixão, bem como encorajar comportamentos de coesão social e cooperação na relação com os outros. Contact: Ana Maria de Jesus Xavier |
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SMSyouths [SMSjovens] The SMSyouths program, which was originated from the Program for the Prevention of Depression in Adolescents (PPDA) consists of 10 weekly sessions, applied to students attending the 7th - 9th grade. The main aims of this intervention program is to promote mental health and prevent depression in adolescents. Contact: Ana Paula Matos |
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SMSparents [SMSeducadores] The SMSparents program, which was originated from the Parental program (3PDA) was created and implemented exclusively in Portugal, by the SMS’ project team. Contact: Ana Paula Matos |
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Self-care to care Program based on Mindfulness and Compassion approaches, which aims to support informal caregivers of individuals with mood disorders. Contact: Joana Moura Cabral; Célia Barreto Carvalho; Paula Castilho and Carlos Pato. |
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CMT-Care Homes The CMT-Care Homes is a 12-session structured and manualized program to be delivered in a group format to professional caregivers working in Residential Youth Care settings. Main goals are to cultivate a compassionate-self and foster a caregiving mentality in Residential Youth Care. Contact: Laura Santos |
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In the context of the SMS [Sucesso, Mente e Saúde] project, a web-based psychological intervention was developed to promote mental health and prevent depression in adolescence. Contact: Ana Paula Soares de Matos |
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MyJourney MyJourney was developed by Cardiff University Fertility Studies Group, in collaboration with the Portuguese Fertility Association (APFertilidade) and Fertility Network UK. MyJourney is a self-help interactive program based on Contextual Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. It provides step-by-step support to ease acceptance of an unfulfilled wish for children. Contact: Sofia Gameiro |
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MIM MIM is a mindfulness and compassion-based group programme, developed to be delivered in-person with a duration of 8 weeks (with weekly sessions), developed for prevention and early intervention in woman’s perinatal depressive symptoms. It was designed to apply during pregnancy. Contact: Ana Telma Pereira |
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AcAdeMiC The AcAdeMiC (Acting with Acceptance, Mindfulness and Compassion to cope with Test/Exam Anxiety in Adolescence) is a manualized online psychotherapeutic program for adolescent students that encompasses 12 90-minute individual weekly sessions, delivered by a trained therapist. The program aims to decrease test anxiety and increase general and school well-being, through the process of fostering competencies of self-compassion, acceptance and mindfulness. Contact: Cláudia P. Pires |
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WIN Work Intervention Network - Innovative workshops supporting people facing work-based transitions and unemployment/ underemployment. Contact: David Blustein |
