Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for Health Anxiety” presented by Dr. Jennifer Kennedy

This 1.5 hour presentation will focus on empirically supported treatments for health anxiety and related disorders, with a specific focus on cognitive-behavioral and exposure-based interventions. The presentation will begin with an overview of health anxiety etiology, symptoms, assessment, and typical clinical presentation, followed by a discussion of evidence-based interventions. Case examples will be discussed for further elucidation of the disorder and application of the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to mitigate symptoms. The use of easily accessible assessments will also be discussed, geared particularly for practitioners functioning as individual therapists.