Table 1.

Participant inclusion criteria.

For people in recovery	For helpers (informal and formal)
(a) 18 years old or over	(a) 18 years old or over
(b) Speak French	(b) Speak French
(c) Able to answer interview questions	(c) Able and willing to answer interview questions
(d) Diagnosed with depression or anxiety at least 12 months prior to interview (self-reported)	(d) Identified by person in recovery as having significantly contributed to their recovery
(e) Consider self in recovery (self-reported)
(f) Symptoms severity must not be high, as measured on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and the Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7)	(e) Practitioners had to have workplace authorisation to participate in study, if applicable.
(g) Able and willing to designate two significant helpers (one informal and one practitioner) to be interviewed regarding their helper role.