Trial reportJournal of anxiety disorders2020
Training with tarantulas: A randomized feasibility and acceptability study using experiential learning to enhance exposure therapy training.
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16 citing papers in PubMed.
- Enhancing Therapist Training in the Delivery of Exposure Therapy for Individuals with Anxiety Disorders Using Virtual Reality Simulation: Randomized Feasibility Trial.JMIR medical education · 2026Trial
- Fear of Fear: Challenges and Negative Beliefs About Gradual Exposure Use in TF-CBT.Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health · 2026Article
- Latent Profile Analysis of Distinct Patterns of Treatment and Assessment Practices among Youth Mental Health Providers.Administration and policy in mental health · 2026Article
- Exposure-based Interventions for Chronic Pain and Bodily Symptoms: A Special Interest Meeting Report.Behaviour research and therapy · 2026Article
- Supporting Clinicians in Implementing Exposure Therapy for Anxiety and Related Disorders.Current psychiatry reports · 2025Review
- Evaluating the Relationship Between Therapist Negative Beliefs About Exposure Therapy and Delivery Behavior.Cognitive and behavioral practice · 2024Article
- Rudolph, the kids' ward reindeer: a scoping review of the effects of support animals on the well-being of healthcare staff.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2023Article
- An exposure-based implementation strategy to decrease clinician anxiety about implementing suicide prevention evidence-based practices: protocol for development and pilot testing (Project CALMER).Implementation science communications · 2023Article
- Virtual reality (VR) treatments for anxiety disorders are unambiguously successful, so why are so few therapists using it? Barriers to adoption and potential solutions.Cognitive behaviour therapy · 2023Article
- Therapist perceptions of experiential training for exposure therapy.Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy · 2023Article
- Preliminary Implementation Outcomes of a Free Online Toolkit to Support Exposure Therapy Implementation for Youth.Child & youth care forum · 2023Article
- Editorial: Implementation of evidence-based treatments for child anxiety and related disorders across diverse contexts.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Exposure to exposure: A protocol for leveraging exposure principles during training to address therapist-level barriers to exposure implementation.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Clinician Maladaptive Anxious Avoidance in the Context of Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions: A Commentary.Frontiers in health services · 2022Article
- Clinical supervision approach predicts evidence-based trauma treatment delivery in children's mental health.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Using behavioral insights to design implementation strategies in public mental health settings: a qualitative study of clinical decision-making.Implementation science communications · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough exposure is a key evidence-based intervention for anxiety, it is infrequently used in clinical settings. This study employed a novel training strategy, experiential learning, to improve exposure implementation. This study aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of experiential training and preliminary training effectiveness.
methodsParticipants were 28 therapists who were randomized to (a) training-as-usual or (b) experiential training (training-as-usual plus a one-session treatment for fear of spiders). Workshops lasted one day and were followed by three months of weekly consultation.
resultsExperiential training was viewed as feasible and acceptable. Participants, including those who were fearful of spiders, had a positive response to the training and reported it to be useful. There was a significant increase in the number of exposures used by therapists receiving experiential training compared to training-as-usual at 1-month follow-up.
conclusionsA one-day training resulted in significant improvements in knowledge, attitudes toward exposure, and self-efficacy in using exposure. Preliminary findings suggest that experiential training resulted in greater use of exposure post-training compared to training-as-usual. Results provide evidence for the feasibility and acceptability of experiential training as a strategy to increase the use of evidence-based interventions.
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