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From Insight to Action: Evidence-Based Interventions for Anxiety Disorders (Recorded)

Previously Recorded
Jaimee Arnoff, Ph.D.
$39.99

This training is designed for providers seeking to strengthen their understanding of evidence-based approaches to treating Anxiety Disorders. Participants will gain an overview of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Exposure and Response Prevention (E/RP), with practical guidance on how to integrate these techniques into their therapeutic practice. Strategies for tailoring interventions to the unique needs of children, adolescents, and their caregivers will also be emphasized, equipping clinicians with concrete skills to promote more effective distress tolerance and emotional regulation.

About the Presenter

Jaimee Arnoff, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and co-owner of BFF Therapy in Beacon, NY, where she provides individual and family therapy with a focus on adolescents and young adults. She specializes in evidence-based treatment for mood and anxiety disorders, suicidal ideation, chronic pain, and high-risk clinical presentations. A frequent presenter, author, and podcast guest, she is dedicated to advancing integrative approaches to mental health care through a practical, skills-based style that empowers providers to deliver effective and creative interventions with confidence.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe therapeutic techniques used in the evidence-based treatment of Anxiety Disorders.
  2. Explain effective treatment plans tailored to a client’s presenting concerns and unique barriers to treatment.
  3. Summarize these techniques in work with minors and engage caregivers to support treatment effectiveness.

Agenda:
TimeSegment / Focus AreaFormat & Content
0:00 – 0:15 (15 min)Welcome, Orientation, and Learning ObjectivesLecture + Guided Discussion: Introduce course objectives and the rationale for evidence-based frameworks. Review current prevalence data and discuss why anxiety remains under-treated despite its prevalence.
Prompt: “What are the most common anxiety presentations you encounter, and which interventions do you default to?”
0:15 – 0:45 (30 min)Foundations of Evidence-Based Treatment (EBT)Didactic Presentation:Define EBTs and differentiate first-line interventions for anxiety disorders. Overview of CBT’s cognitive model  and its empirical support. Discuss treatment planning and case conceptualization across GAD, panic disorder, and social anxiety.
0:45 – 1:15 (30 min)Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) ApplicationsInteractive Lecture + Activity: Review core CBT tools: identifying cognitive distortions, restructuring anxious thinking, and behavioral activation. 
1:15 – 1:25 (10 min)Break—
1:25 – 1:55 (30 min)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills for AnxietyLecture + Experiential Practice: Explain how DBT’s emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills complement CBT.
1:55 – 2:25 (30 min)Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for Anxiety and OCDLecture + Guided Discussion - Exposure Hierarchy: Review principles of exposure: habituation, inhibitory learning, and expectancy violation. Contrast graded vs. flooding techniques.
Activity: Mock exposure hierarchy for a client (e.g., social anxiety or contamination OCD). Discuss clinician anxiety and resistance to exposures.
2:25 – 2:50 (25 min)Integrating EBTs: Case Formulation and Multimodal TreatmentCase Discussion + Guided Integration: Use a sample client vignette to demonstrate integration of CBT, DBT, and ERP elements. Discuss tailoring interventions to developmental stage, cultural context, and comorbidity.
Prompt: “What’s one way you can blend behavioral exposure with emotion regulation in your sessions?”
2:50 – 3:00 (10 min)Reflection, Resources, and Closing Q&AWrap-Up + Q&A: Review key takeaways.

This workshop offers 2 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.

This presentation is open to:
  • Social Workers
  • Professional Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
  • Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
  • Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Level: introductory
Level of Clinician: beginner
  • New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
  • Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
  • Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
  • Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

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There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
  • CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland.
    CE You! maintains responsibility for this program.
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