Table 4 Images and quotes by participants in the CB-ART program

P1001

1

“I feel like my heart is torn between the two countries. I fear what I am missing out on when I am not there” (S1)

“Before I had blamed others that I was unhappy, but now I see that everybody is there and wants to help, they just don’t know how” (S2)

P1002

1

“I feel like everything’s pent up in my head and I can’t get control” (S1)

“I associate horses with feeling strong, when I was riding horses I felt strong” (S2)

P1005

1

“I guess it’s symbolic. I often keep things very close and am quite a guarded person. I don’t give a lot of myself early on in a setting” (S1)

“Without structure, you start to feel like you lose control” (S2)

P1008

2

“You move apart and you don’t have time to do those regular easy things” (S1)

“It’s like a time from a completely different life. I’m yearning for the hustle and bustle of the city rather than the loneliness of an empty house” (S2)

P1009

2

“It’s a bit like spring, a time for new beginnings”(S1)

“With mothering I feel an inner strength. This was me before motherhood, a bit wishful thinking and a bit lost” (S2)

P1013

2

“It’s like being sucked through a vortex” (S1)

“I’m still looking for something exciting, how I can make my big contribution to the world, but it’s on hold at the moment” (S2)

P1015

3

“I work well with structure and I find it really difficult when my partner doesn’t stick to the structure” (S1)

“I think I am the creative parent and I feel good about that. I think I feel particularly strong about the playing part” (S2)

P1018

3

“My husband feels like he’s failing because he can never meet my standards” (S1)

“My baby is a smiley, giggly baby always looking around and trying new toys” (S2)

P1019

3

“This is the crown I’m wearing and this is my brain that’s all scrambled underneath, the crown is the front that I put on the part of myself that I show the world that looks composed” (S1)

“At work I feel more confident, like a different person, there’s a level of control in the office I can’t achieve at home” (S2)