“…‘going crazy’ or not being able to function normally (de Kleine, Hendriks, Becker, Broekman, & van Minnen, 2017; Foa & Kozak, 1986). Therapists’ fears include the fear that patients may deteriorate as a result of the emotions evoked by the trauma-focused sessions or that TFT might harm patients (Becker et al, 2004; Deacon et al, 2013; Grimmett & Galvin, 2015). An interesting study in this regard showed that (novice) therapists showed high levels of stress, both physiologically (cortisol) and psychologically, at the beginning of an exposure in vivo session with an anxiety-disordered patient, and these stress levels decreased both within and across three exposure sessions (Schumacher, Betzler, Miller, Kirschbaum, & Ströhle, 2017).…”