Table 3.

Clients (C) participants’ demographic information and homework examples they brought up during the interview

ID	Age	Gender	Race	Homework Examples
C1	26	Woman	Asian	Grounding: making a coffee or taking a shower in the morning to start a routine; journaling or texting themselves
C2	27	Woman	Asian	Journaling: “how can I be more mindful of my emotions this week?”
C3	43	Woman	Caucasian/ White	Cognitive reframing: sticky notes from takeaways from the session to refer back to during the week; avoiding to dwell on negative thoughts; journaling; podcasts; dates alone with husband; regular exercise; improving nutrition
C3	43	Woman	Caucasian/ White	Cognitive reframing: sticky notes from takeaways from the session to refer back to during the week; avoiding to dwell on negative thoughts; journaling; podcasts; dates alone with husband; regular exercise; improving nutrition
C4	53	Woman	Caucasian/ White	Pilates: it involves mindfulness and breath control; journaling: things they read and want to reflect later on, or identifying own thoughts; mindfulness app
C5	33	Woman	Caucasian/ White	Worksheets: tracking thoughts, how strong they are, and how they react to them; recognizing negative thoughts/self talk; breathing exercises; takeaway from the session to think about
C6	48	Woman	Asian	Meditation (app that therapist recommended); daily mental health assessment; cognitive reframing: think about what makes them happy
C7	62	Woman	Caucasian/ White	Journaling; deep breathing; mindfulness; cognitive activities: “how am I responding to a trigger? can I step back?”; workbooks earlier in therapy (to understand a concept)
C8	35	Woman	Caucasian/ White	Cognitive exercises: challenging and questioning thought patterns; mindfulness; putting certain thoughts and feelings into a “container” and setting them aside during times they are not helpful; centering activities: visualizing a safe space; more proactive activities: setting new habits/ routine, like physical exercise; worksheets (“prompts and questions”); writing a letter or journaling)
C9	41	Woman	Caucasian/ White	Cognitive reframing: journaling; worksheet: put down the thought, and reframe it more positively; dig in to see what is rational; reasons why the thought might be coming up)
C10	36	Woman	Caucasian/ White	Cognitive reframing: if facing a problem, what I tell somebody else how to deal with that?; journaling; art therapy; physical activity/movement)
C11	32	Woman	Asian	Improving relationship with family member: think of and write down dialogue or communication that would work well (defining topics of conversation), how to react or not when there is tension; reflect on own behavior to improve on it next time)
C12	40	Man	Caucasian/ White	Cognitive reframing: CBT exercises, call someone if needs social support, go outside and walk around)
C13	40	Man	South Asian	Improving relationship with family member: think how to have a certain conversation; breathing exercise; practical homework: rethink diet/ planning when to eat snacks and what type of snacks)
C14	27	Man	Caucasian/ White	Grounding: describe things in your environment; mindfulness/ meditation)