Therapy Online Plus (TOP+) - Comparing Two Online Interventions for Dealing With Challenging Life Circumstances

Therapy Online Plus (TOP+) - Comparing Two Online Interventions ("REMOTION" Resp. "Res-Up!") for Dealing With Challenging Life Circumstances

Psychotherapy interventions can roughly be grouped into compensation-oriented strategies (compensating for and and modifying personal deficits of patients) versus capitalization-oriented strategies (building on patients' personal strengths). Improvement of emotion regulation (compensation-oriented) as well as the activation of resilience (capitalisation-oriented) have been identified as important transdiagnostic factors in the treatment of mental disorders. The study aims to compare compensation vs. capitalization strategies by using two online programs, centered either on emotion-regulation ("REMOTION") or on activating resilience ("Res-Up!"). Res-Up! and REMOTION are administered as stand-alone intervention or as add-on treatment to standard psychotherapy.

Participants will be randomly assigned to three study conditions (Res-Up!, REMOTION, waiting control group). Outcomes are assessed at baseline, after six weeks and after twelve weeks.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of a mental disorder according to DSM-5
• Recruited at the training centers of the German Association for Behavior Therapy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verhaltenstherapie, DGVT) at Muenster, Bielefeld and Dortmund or at the Center of Mental Health and Psychotherapy, Witten/Herdecke University (all outpatients clinics

Exclusion Criteria:

• Insufficient German language skills
• Current severe episode of major depression
• Psychotic disorder