Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) Training
Evidence-Based Treatment for Anxiety and Panic Disorders, OCD, PTSD and Agoraphobia
- Speaker:
- Caleb Lack, PhD
- Duration:
- Approx 12 hours
- Language:
- Presented in EN
- Copyright:
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Jul 23, 2026
- Product Code:
- POS150847
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar - Also available: Live Webinar
Description
ERP is evidence-based, supported by decades of research, and widely trusted in treating anxiety, OCD, panic disorders, PTSD and agoraphobia.
Why is it so effective?
Because ERP doesn’t rely on coping skills that offer quick relief but accidentally reinforce the avoidance that keeps fear going.
Instead, ERP helps clients lean into fear, face it with strength and learn they can trust themselves to handle hard things…
…all in a way that feels doable, supported and empowering.
It's why tens of thousands of clinicians count on it… and it's why you need it in your treatment toolbox.
Now in this 2-day workshop you’ll learn to use ERP from start to finish.
You’ll join Dr. Caleb Lack, clinical psychologist and faculty member for the International OCD Foundation’s Behavior Therapy Training Institute.
He specializes in using ERP across a wide range of clinical presentations and has taught thousands of therapists how to use it over the past 20 years.
He’ll show you a step-by-step path with detailed instruction, demonstrations, and practical real-world applications.
No confusion. No overwhelm. Just practical training that will leave you ready to:
- Build targeted exposure plans that go straight to the core of what maintains fear
- Spot subtle avoidance and safety behaviors in clients
- Use interoceptive, imaginal, and in vivo exposures in a way that feels safe, doable and effective
- And much more!
And if you’re worried that exposure might feel “too hard” for your clients or yourself…don’t be.
Dr. Lack will show you how to deliver ERP in a way that’s safe, manageable and compassionate -- so you’ll be guiding clients at a pace that helps them without overwhelming them.
Whether you’re completely new to ERP, or have previous training, this program is sure to add value to your practice…
So don't wait.
Register now!
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Program Information
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**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
Speaker
Caleb Lack, PhD Related seminars and products
Caleb W. Lack, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology and the Counseling MS program coordinator at the University of Central Oklahoma. A licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Lack specializes in the treatment of children and adults with anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, and posttraumatic stress. He is regularly consulted for and interviewed by national, and international media outlets, including The New York Times, The Atlantic, and more.
Dr. Lack is also a best-selling author or editor of eight books on topics from psychopathology to critical thinking and pseudoscience to racism and sexism in early psychology. He has authored more than 75 scientific publications relating to the assessment and treatment of psychological problems such as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Tourette’s Syndrome, pediatric mood disorders, and posttraumatic stress. An internationally sought-after clinical trainer and consultant, Dr. Lack has conducted workshops for clinicians across North and South America, Europe, and east Asia.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Caleb Lack maintains a private practice and receives compensation as a consultant. He has employment relationships with the University of Central Oklahoma, the International OCD Foundation's Training Institute, and the Latin American Association of OCD Intensive Training for the Treatment of OCD (ALTOC). Dr. Lack receives grants from the University of Central Oklahoma. He was a previous consultant with BrainsWay USA. Dr. Lack receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Lack receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Caleb Lack serves on the board of directors with Oklahoma Psychological Association and is a member of Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the International Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Foundation. He is an Ad hoc reviewer and editor for several peer review journals, for a complete list contact PESI, Inc.
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Objectives
- Analyze cognitive, behavioral, and neurobiological mechanisms that inform the development and clinical application of exposure therapy strategies.
- Examine how anxiety and fear disorders are classified and diagnosed in the DSM-5-TR™.
- Identify the foundational principles of exposure and response prevention.
- Analyze the role of inhibitory learning in fear extinction and its implications for exposure therapy outcomes.
- Appraise the evidence base supporting Exposure and Response Prevention for anxiety and obsessive-compulsive related disorders.
- Utilize functional analysis to identify avoidance cycles, triggers, and maintaining factors associated with anxiety and fear-based disorders.
- Restate the clinical rationale for identifying and reducing safety behaviors during exposure-based treatment for anxiety disorders.
- Develop a hierarchy of feared situations for use in ERP.
- Choose appropriate exposure strategies (imaginal, interoceptive, in vivo, or virtual reality) for clients presenting with OCD, anxiety disorders, panic disorders with or without agoraphobia and PTSD.
- Analyze ethical issues, client safety considerations, informed consent, and professional responsibilities when implementing exposure-based interventions.
- Compare advantages and limitations of telehealth versus face-to-face delivery of ERP for anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
- Choose cognitive and behavioral strategies that complement ERP to support treatment engagement and response prevention.
Outline
Foundations of ERP & Clinical Context
- Overview of anxiety and avoidance cycles
- Habituation, inhibitory learning, and fear extinction
- DSM-5™ diagnostic criteria for anxiety and fear-based disorders
- Functional impairment and impact on daily life of clinical anxiety and fear
- Research, risks and limitations of ERP
Comprehensive Assessment & Case Conceptualization
- Standardized measures and structured interviews
- Functional analysis to identify triggers, safety behaviors, and avoidance patterns
- Identify maintaining factors
- Create a clear case formulation to guide ERP interventions
How to Build Effective Exposures
- Selecting exposure types: imaginal, interoceptive, in-vivo, and virtual reality
- Design graded exposure ladders with measurable steps
- Using and interpreting SUDS
- Write and review response prevention (RP) contracts
- Demonstration of exposure session planning and execution
Troubleshooting Common Challenges
- Address comorbid presentations
- Mental compulsions
- Detect safety behaviors and distraction
- Work with core fears rather than superficial triggers
- Risk management: safety planning and crisis protocols
Complementary Cognitive Strategies in ERP
- Role of cognitive therapy
- Common cognitive errors
- Non-attachment and “bossing back”
- Non-engagement responses
- Using humor in treatment
Special Topics, Ethics, and Relapse Prevention
- Informed consent
- Telehealth ERP delivery
- “Booster” sessions and maintenance strategies post-treatment
- Measure outcomes and track progress
ERP for Anxiety and Worry-Based Disorders
- Self-focused attention, negative self-imagery, anticipatory anxiety
- Covert safety behaviors
- Exposure targets: social performance, interpersonal risk-taking, spontaneity
- In vivo exposures with behavioral experiments
ERP for Panic Disorder & Agoraphobia
- Catastrophic misinterpretation of bodily sensations
- Agoraphobic avoidance, safety items
- Interoceptive targets + situational avoidance mapping
- In vivo exposures to avoided settings (crowds, driving, stores)
- Response prevention of checking, reassurance seeking
ERP for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Misinterpretation of thoughts, inflated responsibility, intolerance of uncertainty
- Identify covert mental rituals, reassurance loops, subtle avoidance
- Trigger – obsession – feared consequence – compulsion mapping
- Sort exposures into in vivo, imaginal, and behavioral experiments
ERP for Specific Phobias
- Classical conditioning, avoidance, catastrophic beliefs
- Safety behaviors
- Graded in vivo steps, use of variability and unpredictability
- Using in vivo exposures and “behavioral experiments”
ERP for PTSD
- Fear structures, trauma reminders, cognitive distortions about responsibility or danger
- Trauma type, triggers, dissociation, avoidance patterns
- Differentiate situational vs. memory-based avoidance
- Imaginal exposure (narrative retelling of trauma with processing)
- In vivo exposure to safe but avoided reminders
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Allied Health Provides
- Registered Psychotherapists
- Nurse Practitioners
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