Implementation of Psychological Treatment in Generalized Anxiety

Pragmatic randomized controlled trial (expected N = 80) of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) to contrast two psychotherapeutic implementation strategies (State-of-the-Art welcome phase vs. prolonged focus on sudden changes). Blinded allocation of implementation strategy for patients; open label for therapists (no blinding possible), randomized allocation for patients, therapist allocation via ABAB-design (crossed-therapist design). Post treatment self-reported outcome will be measured based on a latent outcome factor (i. e. "outcome composite").