Table 4.

Emotion regulation strategies according to Parkinson and Totterdell (88) with examples of corresponding tactics used during (^d) and after (^a) therapy sessions from the present interviews (italics), and number of participants who reported having deployed the respective strategy.

	n	Cognitive	n	Behavioral
DIVERSION
Disengagement	1	Avoid thinking about the problem	1	Avoid problematic situation (e.g., leave the room d)
Distraction	8	Think about something pleasant (e.g., holidays d, hobbies d, activities later on that day d)	14	Do something pleasant (e.g., hobbies a, every-day activities a)
	3	Think about relaxing thoughts (e.g., color blue d, mountains d)	15	Do something relaxing (e.g., breathe d, calming body exercises a, hot shower a)
	0	Think about something that occupies attention	10	Perform a demanding activity (e.g., hobbies a, every-day activities a)
Other*			3	Suppress emotions*
ENGAGEMENT
	16	Reappraise (e.g., accept emotions as being legitimate d, a, reinterpret situation d, a, saying to oneself one did the best one could d, a)	9	Vent feelings (e.g., playing music a, speaking with colleagues a, laughing together with patient d)
	5	Think about social support* (e.g., think about help from supervisor d)	9	Seek help or comfort from others (social support) (e.g., speaking to colleagues or spouse a, supervision a, case review a)
	12	Think about how to solve problem (e.g., analyzing situation and plan next steps d, a)	15	Take action to solve problem (e.g., using therapeutic techniques to change the course of the therapeutic session d, taking an observer-perspective d, change body posture d)
	6	Self-compassion* (e.g., soothe oneself d, a)	15	Boundary management* (e.g., setting symbolic boundaries between one's roles as therapist or private person d, a, deliberate changing of one's roles d, a)

Strategies marked with

^* were added to the original classification.