Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) Treatment in Clinical Practice | 1 CE Credit

CARE Counseling has partnered with Caroline Haimm, PhD, staff psychologist at the Center for Anxiety and Behavior Therapy for this training on a treatment approach with parents. Dr. Haimm works with children and adults with anxiety and related disorders. She will be presenting on a parent-based treatment for child anxiety called Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE). SPACE comprises two primary components, helping parents: 1) respond to their anxious child with increased support, and 2) work to reduce parental accommodation of anxiety. This Grand Rounds will focus on providing a brief overview of SPACE treatment and its strategies. It will be useful for any clinician working with anxious children and families. 

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Level of programming is introductory: assumes minimal familiarity with the topic.

The CARE Grand Rounds is intended to help attendees: 

• Describe how child anxiety differs from adult anxiety and how parental accommodation of anxiety contributes to its maintenance in children.
• Identify and explain “Support” and “Accommodation” and be able to provide two examples of each.
• Name at least two important elements in making a successful plan for reducing parental accommodation of anxiety.

The presentation is designated for psychologists and mental health professionals (LP, LPC/LPCC, MFT/LMFT, LGSW/LICSW, LADC), pre-licensed mental health practitioners, and students. 

CARE Counseling is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CARE maintains responsibility for this program and its content.  

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About the Presenter: 

Dr. Caroline Haimm is a licensed staff psychologist at the Center for Anxiety and Behavior Therapy (CABT), a specialized anxiety-focused practice in the Philadelphia area. Dr. Haimm received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Rutgers University. She has received specialized training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE), and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). Dr. Haimm enjoys disseminating evidence-based interventions for anxiety and related disorders by providing workshops and presentations for mental health providers. 

*The speaker has indicated one conflict of interest, naming of place of work during the presentation; however, there was no commercial support for this training.