Table 3.

AYA Experiences of the TMV Intervention: Theme Categories and Theme Clusters

Theme Categories	Theme Clusters
Interwoven experiences of the transplant and TMV intervention	A Crappy experience that results in loss of personhood
	Putting the cancer experience in perspective
	Making the transplant a “We” experience
The TMV intervention as a guided opportunity for reflection, self-expression, and meaning-making	The guided TMV development process
	Song selection: deeply personal, about me
	Lyric writing: exploring what is important
	Video production: multidimensional-like me
	Video premiere: a way to share
	Valued guidance from the music therapist
	Family, friend, HCP involvement in the intervention process
	An overall meaningful experience
Telling my story: the work of deriving meaning	Telling my story as a way to remember, existentially reflect on, work through, and derive meaning
	A clear message to convey
	Sharing my authentic experience
	The meaningful people in my story: touchstones to my past and essential support during my cancer journey
A way to overcome the bad side of cancer	Getting through treatments
	Myriad of activities worthy of my time and effort
	Making meaningful connections
	A way to express gratitude and help others