Table 3.

The most relevant outcome domains with underlying specific pros for psychomotor therapy as identified and prioritised by patients (n = 27), in order of relevance, along with patient quotes, and the total number of selections of pros in the domain

Outcome domain	PRO	Quote	Selection (n)
(1) Body experience	Meaning of bodily signals Awareness of bodily signals Body image Listening to one’s body Feeling safe in one’s body Feeling the boundaries of one’s body	‘My body reacts before my brain does.’	22
(2) Social interaction	Experiencing boundaries in interaction Awareness of social interaction Being able to share experiences with others Feeling connected with others Asking for help Feeling safe in social interaction	‘I learned how to stay and feel connected with myself and others in a group.’	19
(3) Movement experience	Activation Feeling one’s strength Enjoyment in physical activity The balance between being physically active and resting	‘I appreciated receiving support to motivate myself to be active. I love to be physically active, but starting up is sometimes difficult.’	10
(4) Emotion regulation	Feeling emotions Expressing emotions Coping with emotions	‘Because of psychomotor therapy, I can feel more emotions.’	9
(5) Integration of thinking, feeling and behaviour	Connection between body and mind Being more aware of the meaning of one’s own movement behaviour.	‘My mind and my body are more connected to each other.’	8
(6) Self- image	Self-acceptance Self-confidence Realistic self-image	‘With the help of psychomotor therapy, I learned to be less demanding of myself and I got to know my possibilities.’	7
(7) Stress regulation	Feeling balanced between being stressed and being relaxed Feeling less stressed	‘I learned how to relax my body in psychomotor therapy.’	3
(8) Sensory attention	Being able to look at something without judgment Less dissociation	‘At psychomotor therapy, I learned to dissociate less by sitting on a ball and moving calmly, I stayed with my attention in the gym.’	2

Selection (N) refers to the number of selections of an outcome domain in the focus groups