HANDS-ON: a Personalized, Brief and Intensive Exposure-based Intervention for Youth With Persistent Anxiety or OCD

"The HANDS-ON treatment consists of three phases:~Phase I (preparatory phase, 3 weeks) entails motivation for and commitment to treatment (including meaning in life), collaboration with parents and school professionals, setting individual treatment goals, preparing related exposure exercises. Phase II (intensive phase, 4 weeks) contains intensive, therapist-assisted exposure in a child's natural environment. Phase III (consolidation, 2 weeks) consists of continuation of exposure and consolidation. In this phase, there are weekly sessions with the therapist."