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Introduction: Basic Body Awereness Therapy (BBAT) is a treatment developed to treat different kinds of psychiatric diagnoses, but also to prevent the emergence of any other unhealthy conditions. The treatment is aimed to increase the body control and conscious breathing but also requires mental awareness.Aim: The aim of this study is to, based on social cognitive theory, describe patients' experiences of BBAT performed as group therapy.Method: The study design was qualitative with an inductive approach. Five people were interviewed after a BBAT group treatment in primary care. The data was collected by individual interviews with semi-structured questions and the interviews were analysed by qualitative content analysis.Result/Conclusion: The participants experienced increased body awareness and implemented BBAT strategies even though the treatment frequency was insufficient. BBAT was described as helpful used to regulate intensity level, stress management and facilitate breathing. Furthermore was the group experience motivating and inspiring where everyone could be anonymous. The underlying mechanisms behind the experiences can be analyzed using concepts from the social cognitive theory. This enables a detailed picture of participant behavior and can therefore justify the use of SCT as an aid in describing behaviors in the future.Keywords: behavioral medicine, outcome expectancies, physiotherapy, primary care, self regulation