Inclusion Criteria:  patients with type II diabetes or hypertension with at least three months duration of illness had not attended any psychological intervention or stress management program earlier  Exclusion Criteria:  Patients who had any other physical/ mental illnesses along with diabetes or hypertension Patients with type I diabetes Patients with gestational diabetes or hypertension Had diabetes or hypertensive condition from less than three month Had co morbidity of diabetes and hypertensive chronic conditions