Twelve graduate students volunteered to participate in this
study. Participant recruitment concluded when the richness of information
gathered from participants had been saturated (Glaser and
Strauss, 1967). All participants were enrolled in the clinical psychology
doctoral program at the University of Regina and had participated
in the Online Therapy Unit for Service, Education, and Research's
eight-hour training workshop. As described by Hadjistravropoulos
et al. (2012), the topics covered in the workshop included: (1) research
on ICBT; (2) information on ICBT for depression, generalized
anxiety, and panic; (3) ethical and professional issues related to
the delivery of guided ICBT; and (4) written communication skills
in delivering guided ICBT. The workshop also involved a pragmatic
component including participants formulating responses to sample
client emails on provided laptop computers. Following the workshop,
participants treated at least one client in guided ICBT. The average
number of clients treated by participants was three (SD= 1.51).
Interviews were conducted seven to 12 months after participants
ended ICBT training and first began offering guided ICBT.