Experiential Training for Community Therapists

Participants in the experiential training will be provided with information about using exposure therapy to treat patients with anxiety via lecture-style teaching. Then, they will themselves undergo a one-session phobia treatment for spiders.

The training-as-usual condition will incorporate passive and active learning components. The first half of the training will include lecture-style teaching about using exposure therapy to treat patients with anxiety. The second half of training will incorporate active learning components (e.g., role plays) to reinforce concepts discussed in the first half of training.