Specific Phobias Assessment and Treatment Workshop
CBT Tools for Lasting Fear Reduction
- Speaker:
- Martin M. Antony, PhD, ABPP
- Duration:
- 3.5 Hours
- Product Code:
- LWC151026
- Brochure Code:
- PWZ96592
- Media Type:
- Live Webinar - Also available: Digital Seminar
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Description
- Address avoidance that limits personal and professional opportunities
- Integrate exposure, cognitive techniques, and panic management
- Practical guidance for tailoring strategies to different types of phobias
- Packed with handouts, guides, and client materials
The fear of needles and other medical procedures that puts your client at risk of not getting appropriate medical treatment. The spider phobia that keeps outdoor fun out of reach. The fear of flying that leaves your client planning road trips.
Your clients have learned to accommodate fear.
But here’s the thing – they're so used to letting fear call the shots that they don’t even bring their specific phobias up to you. And while you’re treating them for anxiety or that vague stress they came in with, the phobia stays hidden in plain sight.
When you can’t find it, you can’t treat it.
That’s why we’re bringing you this accelerated training with Dr. Martin Antony – distinguished anxiety expert and contributor to Mastering Your Fears and Phobias Therapist Guide and Phobic Disorders and Panic in Adults: A Guide to Assessment and Treatment.
In just 3 hours, Dr. Antony will equip you with practical strategies for assessing and treating a range of specific phobia presentations
- Assessment tools to uncover the phobias clients don’t think to tell you about
- Skills to evaluate comorbidities and prioritize treatment targets
- Strategies for supporting client willingness to participate in exposure treatment
- Practical guidance on tailoring strategies for different types of phobias
- Complementary interventions like cognitive restructuring and panic management
PLUS, Dr. Antony will give you clinical handouts, treatment guides, and client materials you can use in your practice...
...so you won’t just walk away with new information, you'll leave with a ready-to-use toolkit you can start to put to work in your very next session.
REGISTER TODAY so you’re ready to help clients reduce overwhelming fears and create space for full engagement in life.
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Speaker
Martin M. Antony, PhD, ABPP Related seminars and products
Toronto Metropolitan University
Martin M. Antony, PhD, ABPP, is a clinical psychologist, professor in the department of psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University. He received his PhD in psychology from the University at Albany, State University of New York. Previously, he was founding director of both the Anxiety Treatment and Research Clinic and the Psychology Residency Program at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, and he was provincial clinical and training lead for the Ontario Structured Psychotherapy Program. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and a past president of the Canadian Psychological Association and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Dr. Antony has published 34 books and over 300 scientific articles and chapters in areas related to cognitive behavioral therapy and anxiety-related disorders. He has given more than 425 presentations to audiences across four continents, and has been interviewed, featured, or quoted more than 450 times in various print, radio, television, and online media outlets, including The Atlantic, BBC, CBC, Chatelaine magazine, CNN, CTV, Globe and Mail, National Geographic, National Post, The New York Times, O (The Oprah Magazine), Prevention Magazine, Reader’s Digest, Scientific American Mind, Time, Toronto Star, USA Today, The Washington Post, WebMD, and many others.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Martin Antony has employment relationships with Toronto Metropolitan University, McMaster University, and University of Toronto. He receives compensation as a national speaker and consultant. He receives royalties as a published author . Dr. Antony receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Martin Antony is a fellow with the American Psychological Association, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Association for Psychological Science, and the Canadian Psychological Association. He serves as a scientific committee member of Anxiety Canada. Dr. Antony is a member of Anxiety and Depression Association of America, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the International Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Additional Info
Access Period for Live WebcastYou will have access for 90 days after the program for review. For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time and complete the CE quiz and evaluation within one week. Please note that this requirement may vary by credit type. Please see detailed credit information for specific requirements for each credit type.
Webcast Schedule
Please note: There will be a 15-minute break mid-morning. Actual break start time is at the discretion of the speaker. A more detailed schedule is available upon request.
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Objectives
- Utilize evidence-based assessment tools to identify and differentiate specific phobias.
- Choose exposure-based strategies tailored to phobia type, incorporating inhibitory learning principles.
- Evaluate the role and timing of cognitive restructuring when used alongside exposure treatment for specific phobias.
- Identify treatment modifications for particular specific phobias, such as blood-injection-injury phobia, emetophobia, and other selected phobia presentations.
Outline
Specific Phobia Foundations
- A hidden problem dealt with via workarounds
- Epidemiology and prevalence
- Impact on functioning and quality of life
- Diagnostic criteria and differential diagnosis
- Genetics, trauma, and other causal factors
- Situational and other types of phobias
- Limitations of the research and potential risks
- Case example: flying phobia
Assessment and Treatment of Specific Phobias
- Evidence-based assessment tools and structured interviews
- Evaluate comorbidities and clinical complexity
- Help clients determine whether to work on a specific phobia
- Strategies to increase client willingness for exposure
- How to develop a graded exposure hierarchy
- Facilitate inhibitory learning to strengthen a sense of safety
Cognitive restructuring for phobia-related beliefs
- Incorporate panic management and coping skills
- Applied tension for blood-injection-injury phobia and other adaptations
- Use of virtual reality in the treatment of specific phobias
- Accelerated treatment – single session interventions
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Addiction counselors
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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