Integrating Technology into Exposure Therapies

Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm

Location: Virtual

Instructor: Dr. Sara Smucker Barnwell, Ph.D., MA, M.Ed.

CE credits: 3.0 (pending)

Course Description:

Learn how to use technology to enhance exposure-based clinical treatments for anxiety. Participants will receive an overview of the use of exposure in clinical work, popular technologies used to augment exposure (e.g., videoconferencing, mobile applications, mobile monitoring, virtual reality and others), key ethical and legal considerations, and considerations for appropriateness of technology-based services. The workshop will include demonstrations of technology use. Discussion of how technology could enhance participants’ clinical work will be encouraged throughout the presentation.

Learning objectives. 

At the end of this training participants will be able to:

• Describe how providers augment exposure-based work through technology.
• Identify three (3) popular technologies used in exposure-based clinical work.
• Recognize key legal and ethical issues to consider when using these technologies in clinical practice.
• Evaluate and identify which clients are best served using technology to augment exposure work.

References:

Berryhill, M. B., Culmer, N., Williams, N., Halli-Tierney, A., Betancourt, A., Roberts, H., & King, M. (2019). Videoconferencing psychotherapy and depression: A systematic review. Telemedicine and e-Health, 25(6), 435–446. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2018.0058

Whiteside, S. P. H., Biggs, B. K., Ollendick, T. H., Dammann, J. E., Tiede, M. S., Hofschulte, D. R., Reneson-Feeder, S., Cunningham, M., Sawchuk, N. R., Geske, J. R., & Brennan, E. (2022). Using technology to promote therapist use of exposure therapy for childhood anxiety disorders: A randomized pilot study. Behavior Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2022.01.010

Stech, E. P., Chen, A. Z., Sharrock, M. J., Grierson, A. B., Upton, E. L., Mahoney, A. E. J., Grisham, J. R., & Newby, J. M. (2021). Internet-delivered exposure therapy versus internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 79, 102382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102382