Length
2 hour
CE Credit
2.0 unit
Recorded
December 5, 2025
Exposure work in psychotherapy is an evidence-based behavioral approach for reducing psychological suffering and increasing values-aligned behaviors. This lecture will discuss a number of different exposure techniques, how they are used, how they can be incorporated within many different theoretical orientations, and which disorders they might be best for.
There are several ways to learn from this training. You can either watch the recording for free or take the self-paced course for CE credit. We also have the slides available to download.
(Free) You can watch the full recording of this training for free on our YouTube Channel. This is perfect if you’re not seeking CE credit or would like to preview the training before taking the course.
($37) You can receive 2 hours of self-paced, asynchronous CE credit for this training.
UCEBT is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. UCEBT maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Additionally, this presentation is approved for 2 hours of home-study CE credit through NASW-UT, UAMFT, and UMHCA.
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Dr. Barr will discuss a wide variety of exposure interventions and engage the learners in opportunities to try them during the presentation in informal ways. There are no known risks to attendees. Exposures applied with patients should be carried out with care for the intensity of the content they are being exposed to, their current mental health skillset, as well as their readiness/willingness for exposure work in general. Having these discussions with patients to provide informed consent and discuss how exposure works and what it might elicit for them can help mitigate risks. With that said, all clinical interventions should be carried out with thoughtfulness about applying exposure techniques and strategies without appropriate training and supervision.
Learning Objectives:
Describe the recent research related to incorporating values-specific exposure techniques into therapy
Describe how to align exposure in therapy to a client’s own values.
List 3-5 specific exposure techniques, including how to assess contextual variables for individual clients that inform choosing the most appropriate exposure techniques for their presentation.
John Barr, Ph.D., clinical and counseling psychology. Dr. Barr was previously a doctoral student at Utah State University and completed an APA-accredited internship at the University of Utah’s counseling center. Dr. Barr now specializes in treating anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorders, and somatic symptom disorder, especially through the practice of formal and informal exposure-focused techniques.
McLean, C. P., Levy, H. C., Miller, M. L., & Tolin, D. F. (2022). Exposure therapy for PTSD: A meta-analysis. Clinical psychology review, 91, 102115.
Papageorgiou, D., & Karekla, M. (2024). Using values interventions to improve exposure therapy engagement in specific phobias. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 34(1), 75.
Twohig, M. P., Abramowitz, J. S., Smith, B. M., Fabricant, L. E., Jacoby, R. J., Morrison, K. L., … & Ledermann, T. (2018). Adding acceptance and commitment therapy to exposure and response prevention for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A randomized controlled trial. Behaviour research and therapy, 108, 1-9.
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