Table 1 A list of the interview questions
| Â | Questions |
|---|---|
1 | How long have you been working as a mental health professional? |
2 | What does your role entail? |
3 | How did you become interested in Mindful Parenting? |
4 | What is Mindful Parenting? |
5 | What is the theoretical basis of Mindful Parenting? |
6 a) | How is the course structured? |
 b) | How many hours of training do they attend each week? |
 c) | What is the course content? |
 d) | What is done in the classes? Is it a combination of information provision, self-reflection and group therapy? |
 f) | What aspects of the group dynamics promote insight/behaviour change? |
7) | What are the crucial elements/the active ingredients of this program that promote behaviour change? |
8) | What psychological processes do you think facilitate behaviour change? |
9) | Share with us some examples of how it has changed your participants’ thinking, feelings, behaviour and parenting. |
10 a) | Have you observed any examples of how it may have influenced the participants’ children? |
 b) | Have you noticed any differences in the birthing process, birth weight and on the child as they grow? |
11) | Some of the change processes identified in the Mindful Parenting literature could be grouped under 5 headings: - |
 a) | Intention (Intentionality, Re-perceiving, Listening) |
 b) | Attitude (Non-judgmental acceptance, compassion) |
 c) | Attention (Attention to variability, attention regulation) |
 d) | Emotion (attunement, emotional awareness, affect regulation) |
 e) | Attachment (secure attachment) |