Supportive-Expressive and Emotion-Focused Treatment for Depression

Inclusion Criteria: * Meeting major depressive disorder diagnostic criteria using the structured clinical interviews for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 and scoring more than 14 on the 17-item Hamilton rating scale for depression at two evaluations (one week apart) (Hamilton, 1967). * If on medication, patients' dosage must be stable for at least three months prior to entering the study, and they must be willing to maintain stable dosage for the duration of treatment * Age between 18 and 65 * Hebrew language fluency * Provision of written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Current risk of suicide or self-harm * current substance abuse disorders * current or past schizophrenia or psychosis, bipolar disorder, or severe eating disorder requiring medical monitoring * history of organic mental disease * currently in psychotherapy