Carrie A. Bronars, Ph.D., L.P.

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• Development of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for cancer distress among rural and urban patients with hepatobiliary cancers (ACT-HBC) Rochester, Minn.

  The purpose of this study is to assess standardized benchmarks of intervention feasibility and acceptability for remotely delivered, group ACT-HBC, as tested with a single-arm pilot study. Determine if there are changes in psychological variables from baseline to completion of the ACT-HBC intervention. To explore the preliminary impact of rural status on feasibility and acceptability of the intervention in addition to outcomes of distress and theory-based statistical mediators/psychological mechanisms of ACT-HBC.