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Interoceptive Exposure Therapy: Using Resistance Training as Therapy to Improve Anxiety Sensitivity in TR Settings
Session Description/Research Abstract
Anxiety-based disorders are often characterized by struggles with anxiety sensitivity. Interoceptive exposure (IE) therapy is a well-validated treatment for improving anxiety sensitivity and reducing the occurrence of anxiety and panic attacks. Recent research has indicated both aerobic and resistance exercise training (RET) as novel approaches for addressing anxiety sensitivity, primarily for their ability to generate the physical sensations characteristic of anxiety. RET also works as a mastery experience, improving self-efficacy in addition to working as a form of IE therapy. This session will focus on teaching CTRSs from various settings the APIE process for RET as IE, both when working with individuals and in groups.
Learning Outcomes
a) Define anxiety sensitivity and 5 common symptoms
b) Identify 3 strategies for implementing RET in TR practice settings for both individuals and groups
c) Identify at least one standardized assessment for testing outcomes of RET as IE in their specific setting
Population/Setting:
Behavioral Health
CEUs:
0.15
Primary Presenter
Liz Jameson, Northwest Missouri State University
Credentials
NASM CPT & CES
Biographical Information
Liz Jameson is currently a graduate student in the Therapeutic Recreation program at Northwest Missouri State University, with a prior English Bachelor’s. She holds a National Academy of Sports Medicine Personal Training certification as well as a Corrective Exercise Specialist certification. She has spent the last few years working as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor and has found great fulfillment in helping her clients achieve a higher quality of life through exercise. She has a special interest in the ways we can use physical activity interventions to achieve desired mental and behavioral health outcomes. Such methods have been proven to generate amazing cognitive, emotional, and, of course, physical benefits and are an amazing tool for use with our participants. In her free time, you will find her weightlifting, doing yoga, hiking, reading, or petting a dog.
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Co-Presenter/panelists
Michelle Bateman, Northwest Missouri State University
Credentials
PhD, CTRS, ACSM EP-C
Email Address
Biographical Information
Michelle Bateman has been faculty at NW since 2019. She primarily teaches in the online graduate program. She is a CTRS and also a certified EP-C. She has worked with various populations ranging from adults and children with special needs, inpatient mental health, Parkinson’s disease, and even with olympic rowing athletes. Of all of the people she has served, inpatient mental health was by far her favorite. She really tried to implement physical exercise interventions to improve outcomes and anecdotally received really positive feedback from both patients and the treatment team.
With all of that being said she really feels like supplementing some physical exercise programs or even providing some educational material about exercise in treatment settings can be so beneficial!