Booking options
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On-Demand webinar
1 hour
What is this webinar about? (indicative)
Phobias relate to intense fear or anxiety when exposed to specific objects or situations. They are very different to common childhood fears and can be a source of distress and restriction in adults. This workshop will look at specific techniques used in the contemporary treatment of specific phobias.
Key Topics (indicative)
Contexts
DSM-5 and NICE frameworks
Development of Phobias
Treatment
Exposure Based Treatments and Fear Hierarchies for Specific Phobia
Safety Behaviours in Specific Phobias
Particular Phobias
Emetophobia
Hemophobia
Fear of Flying
Summary and Review
The workshop assumes no prior specialist knowledge of specific phobias
What previous delegates have said about this workshop.
A great overview of phobias. Very helpful to see a proposed treatment plan, learn about the processes involved with feared responses and have practical strategies also. I look forward to putting these into practice next week in CBT sessions!
This is a fantastic workshop. Very practical. I now feel competent and confident working with clients who have different phobias and their treatment methods. Thank you
Useful practical techniques for dealing with phobias in the therapy room
Practical CBT lives up to its name again. Practical techniques and important facts you can put to use straightaway.
Who is leading this webinar?
Professor Patrick McGhee is a CBT therapist, psychologist and UK National Teaching Fellow. Educated at the universities of Glasgow and Oxford, he has completed CPD programmes at Harvard Business School and Ashridge. In 2017 he was a Visiting Fellow/Scholar at the universities of Cornell, Yale and MIT in the USA. He has taught, researched or practised in psychology and therapy for 30 years. His first post was a Research Fellow in Psychiatry and Psychology at St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London. He is the author of Thinking Psychologically (Palgrave) and co-editor of Accounting for Relationships (Methuen). He is an occasional columnist for the Guardian, the BBC and the Times Higher. He currently works in private practice in Greater Manchester. He has full accreditation from the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapists.
Professor Patrick McGhee is a CBT therapist, psyc...