Table 1.

Participants details

Participant Pseudonym	Profession	Background & orientation
Gordon	forensic psychology	cognitive-behavioural therapy schema therapy compassion-focused therapy residential work
Helen	counselling psychology	person-centred therapy cognitive-behavioural therapy gestalt therapy play therapy
Judith	dyadic developmental therapist	person-centred therapy educational psychology family therapy residential work trainer
Mark	service manager (children & adolescents trauma service)	social work Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy play therapy polyvagal theory trainer
Sarah	child and adolescent analyst	object relations theory - kleinian psychoanalysis