Description: This conversation hour offers an in-depth look at contemporary exposure-based treatment for anxiety and related disorders. The session explores how fear memories form and change, why subtle avoidance and safety behaviors undermine progress, and how interoceptive exposure reshapes emotional learning. Participants are introduced to emerging research on memory reconsolidation and its potential implications for clinical timing, alongside practical guidance on medication use, emotion regulation, and transdiagnostic treatment strategies.
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Professor of Psychology, Research Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Clinical Training Programs, and Director of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University. Editor of Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. He is a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology, and maintains a private practice. Dr. Barlow has published over 500 articles, chapters and books. He is the recipient of numerous awards, most recently the C. Charles Burlingame Award from the Institute for Living.