Experiential Training for Community Therapists

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

28 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-03-23

Study Completion Date

2018-11-01

Brief Summary

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The primary goal of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of employing an experiential training approach that targets community mental health therapists' attitudes toward and use of exposure therapy. In addition to assessing attitudes and use of exposure therapy, the study will evaluate the feasibility of recruitment, randomization, retention, and assessment processes, as well as the acceptability of the experiential training relative to training-as-usual. To assess these outcomes, community therapists will be randomized to experiential training or training-as-usual. A subset of therapists from each arm will also complete qualitative interviews to further assess acceptability of the training approaches. The training-as-usual condition will include a traditional one-day workshop that focuses on principles of exposure and incorporates active learning strategies. The experiential training will include a one-day workshop that teaches principles of exposure and has therapists themselves undergo a one-session phobia treatment for spiders. Therapists in both training conditions will be asked to attend weekly consultation phone calls for a three-month period following the trainings.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Anxiety

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Experiential Training

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Experiential Training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants in the experiential training will be provided with information about using exposure therapy to treat patients with anxiety via lecture-style teaching. Then, they will themselves undergo a one-session phobia treatment for spiders.

Training-as-usual

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Training-As-Usual

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The training-as-usual condition will incorporate passive and active learning components. The first half of the training will include lecture-style teaching about using exposure therapy to treat patients with anxiety. The second half of training will incorporate active learning components (e.g., role plays) to reinforce concepts discussed in the first half of training.

Interventions

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Experiential Training

Participants in the experiential training will be provided with information about using exposure therapy to treat patients with anxiety via lecture-style teaching. Then, they will themselves undergo a one-session phobia treatment for spiders.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Training-As-Usual

The training-as-usual condition will incorporate passive and active learning components. The first half of the training will include lecture-style teaching about using exposure therapy to treat patients with anxiety. The second half of training will incorporate active learning components (e.g., role plays) to reinforce concepts discussed in the first half of training.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Participants will be aged 21 and older with degrees (masters or doctorate) in a mental health field. They must be working in a community mental health clinic, currently treating at least one client with anxiety, and planning to continue providing therapy to at least one client with anxiety for the duration of the study. Participants must be interested in participating in a training workshop and able to commit to the time requirements for study completion. They must also be willing to provide an email or mailing address to complete study-related surveys. Finally, they must be able to read and speak English.