Achieving Cultural Congruency in Weight Loss Interventions: Can a Spirituality-Based Program Attract and Retain an Inner-City Community Sample?

Table 1

Spiritual Self-Schema Therapy (3S): outline of weekly sessions.

Session	Topic	Description
1	Introduction to 3S	The “Spiritual Self” and the Noble Eightfold Path
2	Training in Mastery of the Mind	1: Becoming Aware and Changing Habit Patterns of the Mind
3		2: Managing “Addict Self” Intrusions
4		3: Mindful Action versus Automatic Reaction
5	Training in Morality	1: Mindfulness of Basic Needs
6		2: Everyday Ethics
7		3: Preventing Harm to Self and Others
8	Training in Wisdom	1: Filling the Mind with the “Spiritual Self”
9		2: Coping with Stigma
10		3: Renouncing the “Addict Self” Identity and Fully Assuming the “Spiritual Self” Identity
11		4: Serenity and Insight
12	Termination and Transition	Maintaining the Spiritual Path