Recording of Treating Phobias Workshop

Description

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)

The workshop assumes no prior specialist knowledge of specific phobias

What previous delegates have said about this workshop.

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.