2.5. Self-Esteem and Gratitude
adversity, ESRD
ESRD
This activity was inspired by the theoretical model proposed by Kiswarday and Henderson [In this activity, the therapist introduced a drawing of a tree taped to the wall and called “the tree of life” and invited the patients to write short stories about adversity in relation to their experience of ESRD using one half of the tree. Then, in a group, they shared their emotions and thoughts about their expression and experience of the story.In the second part of the activity, the patients wrote on the other half of the tree about how those experiences of adversity were lessons learned in their lives and which life skills they obtained from those circumstances. The activity promoted the resignification of the adversity story through acceptance, a new narrative, and gratitude towards the learning obtained in the adverse circumstance [