The process of exposure: harnessing transformation through values and mindfulness
Thu, 03 Oct
|La Trobe University - City Campus
Join international expert Lisa Coyne for a 2-day workshop on enhancing exposure-based treatment through mindfulness, valuing, and perspective-taking


Time & Location
03 Oct 2024, 9:00 am AEST – 04 Oct 2024, 5:00 pm AEST
La Trobe University - City Campus, Level 2/360 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
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About the event
Background: Epidemiological studies have estimated a lifetime prevalence rate of 28.8% for anxiety disorders (Kessler et al, 2005), and a recent meta-analysis of 87 studies across 44 countries estimated the global current prevalence of anxiety disorders at 7.3% (4.8–10.9%, adjusted for methodological differences across studies; Baxter, Scott, Vos, & Whiteford, 2012). While exposure-based treatment for anxiety and OCD in youth and adult populations has robust empirical support, there is room for improvement. In terms of outcomes, intent-to-treat analyses suggest that approximately 1 in 5 individuals drop out of exposure treatment (Hofmann and Smits, 2008; Ong et al. 2016), and a significant of proportion of youth either do not improve or relapse (eg Ginsburg et al., 2013; 2018). Moreover, clinicians are unlikely to use exposure-based treatment even when it is needed (Freihart et al, 2004; Deacon et al., 2013; Sars & Van Minnen, 2015), due to their own experiential avoidance (Meyer…