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Exploratory outcomes include PTSD symptoms, self-compassion, emotion regulation, depression, anxiety, suicidality, and dissociation. Assessments will be conducted at baseline, poststabilization, posttreatment, and 6-month follow-up. Feasibility and acceptability will be summarized descriptively. Exploratory analyses using analysis of covariance and mixed effects models will estimate variance parameters, confidence intervals, and descriptive change trajectories without hypothesis testing. Qualitative data will be analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Recruitment started in February 2026, and data collection is projected to be completed by December 2028. Feasibility and acceptability outcomes, along with exploratory clinical patterns, will be reported in accordance with the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) extension for pilot and feasibility trials.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n Findings will inform the refinement of the intervention, the assessment of trial feasibility, and the selection of outcomes for a fully powered noninferiority RCT. 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