Trauma-focused therapy (TFT)
depressive
In the experimental condition, patients receive 6 to 10, 60–90 min individual TFT sessions delivered over 12 weeks, in addition to TAU. Therapists that provide TFT do not provide TAU for the same patient. Depending on the life history of the patient, one or both of the following are the focus of TFT: 1) specific CT triggers of the current depressive episode (or earlier episodes); 2) belief systems that have originated from CT exposure. The type of TFT depends on the type of CT the patient reports in the CTQ-SF and during the case conceptualization: ImRs if the patient predominantly reports experiences of (physical and/or emotional) neglect and EMDR if the patient predominantly reports experiences of (physical, emotional and/or sexual) abuse [