Brief Enhanced Anxiety Sensitivity Treatment (Group)

"Group BEAST consists of a 1.5-hour-long intervention session, followed by a 2-week-long EMI. During the intervention session, participants will receive psychoeducation (e.g., defining common terms like anxiety and stress), discuss popular misconceptions they may have about anxiety symptoms, and complete exposure exercises (e.g., practicing facing feared physical sensations such as trembling or elevated heart rate). Homework exposure exercises will be completed by all participants. They will receive phone app reminders about completing homework.~Only the EMI group will receive EMI prompts and intervention."

Control group Anxiety Sensitivity Treatment consists of a 1.5-hour-long intervention session, followed by a 2-week-long EMI. During the intervention session, participants will receive psychoeducation (e.g., defining common terms like anxiety and stress), discuss popular misconceptions they may have about anxiety symptoms, and complete exposure exercises (e.g., practicing facing feared physical sensations such as trembling or elevated heart rate). Homework exposure exercises will be completed by all participants. They will receive phone app reminders about completing homework.