A qualitative analysis of sacred moments in religiously integrated group therapy

Figures & data

Table 1. Participants’ demographics and description of crisis in 2009.

Name	Age	Gender	Civil status	Level of education	Description of crisis	Interviews
Marty	<20	Male	Single	High School	A broken relationship followed by depression, religious struggles, identity-issues, and feelings of being “stuck” in life.	2009
Meryl	<30	Female	Divorced + two children	Social educator BA level	Divorce followed by stress and depression.	2009 2018
Andy	<30	Male	Divorced	High School	Paralyzed from the waist down in a car accident followed by identity-issues.	2009 2018
Miguel	<20	Male	Single	High School	A broken relationship followed by depression and identity-issues.	2009
Karen	<30	Female	Divorced + two children	Social and health care assistant	Divorce followed by stress, depression, and religious struggles.	2009
Beth	<30	Female	Married + two children	Social educator BA level	Severe physical illness followed by depression.	2009 2018
Terry	<30	Male	Married + two children	MSc in music and physics	Work-related depression with symptoms of stress and severe anger.	2009
Trina	<50	Female	Separated + three grown up children	Nurse BA level	Separation after marital abuse followed by depression and emotional stress.	2009 2018
Celeste	<30	Female	Divorced + two children	School Teacher BA level	Lived with a husband who suffered a brain injury. Divorce followed by stress and depression	2009 2018
Sharon	<40	Female	Single	None	Manic depression, substance-abuse, and stress.	2009 2018
Emma	<40	Female	Single	Social educator BA level	Psychotic episodes, OCD, anxiety, and depression.	2009
Alex	<40	Male	Single	None	Substance-abuse followed by anxiety and depression.	2009 2018
Charlie	<30	Male	Single	None	Victim of religious abuse of power followed by depression.	2009 2018
Charlotte	<30	Female	Married + two (three) children	Social and health care assistant	Loss of a child followed by a crisis of how to live with a death child.	2009 2018
Chloe	>20	Female	Single	None	Age-related identity-issues.	2009 2018
Cindy	<30	Female	Married + two children	Social educator, art teacher BA level	Stress, depression	2009 2018
Ellie	<50	Female	Divorced + one child	Social and health care assistant	Anxiety and psychotic episodes. Symptoms of stress and depression.	2009 2018
Sienna	<40	Female	Married + four children	Health care assistant	Victim of domestic violence and power abuse. Depression and emotional stress.	2009 2018

Table 2. Examples from the two interview-guides.

Interview-guide 1	Questions	Interview-guide 2	Questions
Focus: The experience of the group therapy	How did you experience the group therapy sessions?	Focus: The experienced importance of the group therapy	What do you remember about the group therapy sessions?
	Were the sessions helpful for you? (in what way?)	Focus: Specific moments of change during the group sessions	Are there any specific moments during the sessions that were of particular importance to you?
Focus: Integrated faith into therapy	How was your religious faith addressed during the sessions?		Can you describe these moments?
	Why (and how) is your religious faith important to you (in your current crisis)?		Why do you think they were that important to you?