Table 1.

Example of a priori coding in deductive phase of analysis

Example of a priori code	Example of supporting data excerpt
Socratic questioning	“…before I was trying to give them the information, ‘This is what you do, and this is what you’ve got to do”, I learnt to, ‘OK what do you think you might do about that?” PT2
Formulation	“…what’s really important for me obviously in this environment is the relation with the physical, thought, feeling, behaviour, so the hot cross bun type approach” N2
Goal-setting	“I find the goal setting very difficult. Because I think it also takes a long time, because people, when they’re invited to set goals, set completely unrealistic ones” P1
Double-sided reflection	“…the double-sided reflection, you know, ‘On one side you’re saying this; on the other side you’re saying that. You know, how are you going to get those two together? You don’t like the pain, you don’t want to take the medication, help me out here, what’s going on?’ so those types of things can be really powerful” OT5
Challenging thoughts	“…whereas before, I might have thought, ‘Oh right, they’ve got it in their head that they’re not going to change this,’ I’d try a little bit but I’d think, ‘Oh well, that’s it, they’re not making any sort of – they’re not giving me any indication they’re going to change.’ Whereas now I’ll push it more, I will be more challenging… it’s my confidence, and it’s also the course that I’ve been on, now I know, that’s an abnormal thought” OT4