Exposure Therapy for Children with Anxiety and OCD

Many providers have difficulty implementing exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy for youth with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), despite it being the leading treatment for this condition. Exposure Therapy for Children with Anxiety and OCD: Clinician's Guide to Integrated Treatment provides a step-by-step framework for how providers apply exposure therapy in practice. The book begins with empirical support for the treatment followed by suggested implementation of exposures for specific conditions and ages. Tables of sample exposures and case illustrations are provided throughout the book and common challenges that may complicate implementation are addressed. Intended for busy providers to implement directly into practice, chapters provide clinical excerpts and illustrate techniques in an easy "how-to" format.

• Summarizes empirical support for exposure treatment efficacy
• Recommends how to implement exposure therapy treatment for anxiety and OCD
• Provides guidance on overcoming common challenges when implementing exposures in practice
• Offers separate treatment guidelines for children and adolescents
• Integrates exposure therapy with other therapy modalities
• Includes case studies and clinical excerpts illustrating techniques

Clinicians who treat and researchers who study those with OCD and Anxiety: primarily psychologists, but also psychiatrists, neurologists, behavior therapists, and nurse practitioners

Section I: Basics of Exposure Therapy for Children and Adolescents
1.  History and Theoretical Underpinnings of Exposure Therapy
Meghan Vinograd and Michelle G. Craske
2.  Efficacy of Exposure-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Katherine C. Bergez, Ana C. Ramirez, Stacey C. Grebe, Mayra I. Perez, Andres G. Viana, Eric A. Storch, and Sophie C. Schneider
3.  Psychoeducation for Exposure Therapy
Cassie Lavell, Jacinda Cadman, Allison Waters, and Lara Farrell
4.  Charting the Course of Treatment: Strategies for Developing and Optimizing a Symptom Hierarchy
Tara S. Peris
5.  Developing and Implementing Successful Exposure-Based Interventions
Dean McKay

Section II: Implementing Exposure by Diagnosis
6.  Exposure Therapy for Childhood Selective Mutism: Principles, Practices, and Procedures
Jami M. Furr, Amanda L. Sanchez, Natalie Hong, and Jonathan S. Comer
7.  Exposure Therapy for Separation Anxiety Disorder
Kara B. West, Joanie Wilbanks, and Cynthia Suveg
8.  Exposure Therapy for Specific Phobias in Children and Adolescents
Lynn Mobach, Ella Oar, and Jennifer L. Hudson
9.  Exposure Therapy for Children and Adolescents with Social Anxiety Disorder
Sarah Ryan Radtke, Marlene V. Strege, and Thomas H. Ollendick
10. Exposure Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents
Jordan P. Davis, Sophie A. Palitz, Lesley A. Norris, Katherine E. Phillips, Margaret E. Crane, and Philip C. Kendall
11. Exposure with Response Prevention for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents
Monica S. Wu, Hardian Thamrin, and Jocelyn Perez

Section III: Developmental Considerations
12. Using Exposure with Young Children
Amita D. Jassi and Z. Kindynis
13. Using Exposure with Adolescents and Youth Adults
Shannon M. Bennett and Anne Marie Albano
14. Involving Family Members in Exposure Therapy for Children and Adolescents
Nicole E. Caporino

Section IV: Adaptations for Complex Presentations
15. Transdiagnostic Exposure-Based Intervention for Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents
Michelle Rozenman, Araceli Gonzalez, and V. Robin Weersing
16. Overcoming Challenges in Exposure Therapy
Rachel Canella, Joey Ka-Yee Essoe, Marco Grados, and Joseph F. McGuire
17. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy--Enhanced Exposures for Children and Adolescents
Anna E. Allmann, Lisa W. Coyne, Rebecca Michel, and Robert McGowan