Last, using this worksheet as a guide, participants underwent the hope visualization exercise. In this 20-min exercise, participants were verbally guided to close their eyes and imagine taking each step on their mapping worksheet, encountering each obstacle listed, and motivating themselves to circumnavigate each obstacle. An important aspect of this exercise is its realism; thus, participants were instructed to make the visualization as vivid as possible. Verbal prompts encouraged participants to experience the visualization using all five senses. At the end of this exercise, they were guided to see themselves accomplishing their goal and feeling the positive emotions and increased agency that result. At the conclusion of the session, participants were asked to fill out the post-test measurement packet (see Sect. 4).