Table 2.

An overview of themes, categories, and subcategories.

Theme	Category	Subcategories (i.e., relationships between multiple codes)
Managing personal vulnerability	Dealing with unresolved inner conflicts	Managing affecting childhood experiences Overcoming the need to be better than others or highly successful
	Developing an accepting attitude	Accepting personal emotional reactions Accepting others and situations as they are
	Changing in countertransference reactions	Achieving emotional calmness Managing emotional triggers
Setting clearer boundaries	Being able to set clearer interpersonal boundaries	Feeling non-judgmental and accepting own boundaries Developing new boundary setting skills
	Not tolerating mistreatment	Being assertive in communication Being brave standing up for oneself
	Differentiating oneself from the patient	Being assertive and not confused by patients Being less involved in patients view
Practicing self-care	Reducing stress by striving less	Disengaging from struggle Feeling liberated changing attitudes toward others
	Getting better sleep	Engaging in meditative relaxation