Learning Wednesday: Anxiety: Promising and Evidence Based Treatments

Course Description:
 

This webinar will start by briefly introducing a case example on anxiety disorders. Then, a brief PowerPoint presentation will review the relevant evidence-based practices and promising approaches for anxiety disorder treatment, including specific techniques. Next, the case will be more fully described and the diagnostic criteria will be identified by the learners using a poll. Learners will be challenged to describe what practice techniques would be used to address the specific needs and concerns of the case presented, pertaining to GAD, noting these on their worksheets. Then, additional discussion utilizing the chat function will be facilitated. Next, a brief dialogue is presented regarding the application of an intervention to the case on GAD, and the learners will be asked to offer suggested questions and statements that show their understanding of how to apply the techniques learned.

Goals:

1. This webinar will seek to refresh and/or update the learner's knowledge about the latest evidence-supported treatment strategies for anxiety disorders.
2. The learners will learn how apply specific approaches and practices to a case of a person with anxiety disorders.
3. The learners will identify specific ways they might apply learned practices. 4.
4. The webinar seeks to satisfy the individual learning goals described by the learners prior to the start of the course.

Presenter:

Dr. Joseph Hunter, PhD, LCSW is a highly experienced and well-educated behavioral health leader with over 16 years of combined state and federal government employment experience, primarily as a subject matter expert in the behavioral health field in the areas of substance use disorders and suicide prevention; he possess strong leadership and team building skills that have contributed to the development of numerous specialized innovations in the areas of clinical practice, research, and treatment programming; and, he is an experienced and talented educator for graduate students, as well as seasoned professionals. His education includes a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology (1989), a Masters Degree in Social Work (1993), and a Ph.D. in Social Work (2010).

In 2005, Dr. Hunter was awarded the SAMHSA Dissertation Grant to complete his study on adolescent substance use disorder treatment. In 2011, Dr. Hunter was selected for two-year post-doctoral fellowship, and as a result was recognized as a VA/Hartford Geriatric Social Work Scholar. This year, Dr. Hunter has received distinguished recognition for his innovative work in behavioral health.

Dr. Hunter serves as the VA Suicide Prevention Coordinator at the Stratton VA Medical Center in Albany, NY, currently on detail to the National Suicide Prevention Office. In addition, Dr. Hunter joined the University of Southern California (USC) School of Social Work as part-time adjunct lecturer in 2013. Currently, as an Adjunct Assistant Professor, he teaches Masters of Social Work (MSW) courses in the areas of: clinical practice with service members and veterans, evidence-based clinical practice in mental health settings, mental health and human development, and mental health research. He is also a New York State approved provider of online and in-person continuing education for licensed social workers in New York State, offering training privately and for the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).