Prior perceptions and expectations of treatment

Did you have any particular reasons for agreeing to take part in the research?

Did you have any ideas about how this therapy may or may not help you before you started it?

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

How did you find the CBT sessions? Did you enjoy them?

Do you think they benefitted you in any way? How?

Did you find it easy to distinguish your thought from your feelings?

Do you think this had an impact on your migraines?

Relaxation

How did you find the relaxation therapy?

What did you like about the slow breathing exercise? Was there anything you didn’t like about it?

Did you notice any benefits to your migraines? What were they?

Assessment of intervention

What did you think about the number of group sessions? Too many, about right, too few?

Were the phone calls helpful? In what way?

What did you think of the manual? How did you use it?

Have you continued to use any of the techniques taught in the group sessions?