Worked examples of initial coding and the final themes and subthemes
| Interview extract | Initial codes | Final themes and subthemes |
| ‘I felt the therapist was very good erm,she listened but she also asked questions and drew me out. I’ve um,I’ve done a counselling course in the past and had to see a counsellor who again,I was very pleased with,but she tended to just listen and I think, I think a lot of people need more input than just listening and what I liked about it is that they make very definite suggestions.’ | Role of therapist Comparison to other therapies Important parts of therapy | Acceptability: The therapist Mechanisms of change: Talking vs doing |
| ‘I mean the first thing was sort of um, being able to, um monitor and identify um, sources of stress an-and make me realise how, how I felt err how my behaviour changed and um the consequences of that. I’ve been able to identify the avoidance strategies that I’d put in place and then practically be able to um, deal with those problems straight away rather than um, um delay and avoid them. And by dealing with them in a shorter time span um they actually decreased um the anxiety that arose from them.’ | Understanding and learning Triggers Avoidance Effect on symptoms | Acceptability: Elements of therapy Mechanisms of change: Behavioural change Impact of therapy: Impact for self |