‘Having Someone that's Checking on You’: Regularity of sessions
Most participants expressed the importance of the regularity of sessions, which supported the development and maintenance of the therapeutic alliance. One helpful aspect of regular sessions was having the space to solve problems as they arose (Table Feeling ‘answerable’ (Participant 4) or ‘responsible’ (Participant 11) to the IAPT practitioner each week appeared to enhance participants' motivation or even made them feel ‘obliged’ (Participant 13) to quit (Table 