Dr. Arthur Chen has two master’s degrees in psychology (Master of Applied Psychology with a specialization in Counseling and a Master of Clinical Psychology) along with a Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology. He serves as a full-time clinician at Lifeskills South Florida where is oversees the Clinical Trauma Pathway and conducts psychological testing. Moreover, he is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional – Level 2 (CCTP-II) with the International Association of Trauma Professionals (IATP). CCTP – II is the highest certification in trauma obtainable by the IATP. He is also intensively trained in Exposure with Response prevention (ExRP) for the treatment of OCD. In addition to his years of experience working with eating disorders, primary mental health, and substance abuse, Dr. Chen has worked with patients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety (including Generalized Anxiety and Phobias), depression, thought disorders, and personality disorders. He also serves as an Associate Professor of Psychology at Broward College.
Dr. Chen has presented at psychology conferences throughout the United States. He is fluent in both English and Mandarin. He is also passionate about giving back to the community and has volunteered with various charities in South Florida. Dr. Chen facilitates regular trainings, including mental health education and hostage negotiations, to local police departments throughout South Florida. He has been a Big Brother through the Big Brother Big Sister Program of America for the last 16 years. He was very honored to have been the nominee for the Men with Caring Hearts Outstanding Male Volunteer Award given by the Florence Fuller Child Development Centers, Boca Raton, FL in 2016. In his off time, Dr. Chen is an avid outdoorsman including a passion for automotive racing, motorcycling, and horseback riding. He has ridden horseback throughout the United States, South Africa, and Costa Rica.
Adding a New Skill to Your Clinical Toolbox—The Benefits of Exposure Therapy
Despite the many available clinical approaches, many clinicians are still faced with challenges when a client’s therapeutic gains in the office don’t translate into the real world. It can even become frustrating clinically when your client’s in-office insight and understandings do not seem to crystallize into sustainable changes in their daily functioning or behaviors. Oftentimes this is due to the client struggling with the implementation part of their insight or skills training. The catalyst that is commonly missed in the transition between therapeutic insights and skills training versus rea...Read morel world behavior changes and gains is practicing the skills in a controlled environment. This is the world of exposure therapy. Exposure-based field work may be intimidating to even the most seasoned therapist as it is not a part of most standard training programs. In this training, we will cover how to work with a client in a collaborative effort to build, implement, and process everyday life skills from an exposure therapy approach.
In this training, Dr. Arthur Chen, PsyD, will walk-through the various stages of designing, implementing, and troubleshooting exposure-based therapy to solidify the gains made in therapy. This is often a critical step for clients to practice skills they have learned in individual and/or group therapy sessions. With coaching and real-time direction with the therapist, clients are often able to make monumental leaps forward in their healing. Dr. Arthur Chen has led exposure therapy in the treatment of eating disorders, substance recovery, social skills development, PTSD, and the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder. Dr. Chen is intensively trained in Exposure with Response Prevention (ExRP) as a clinical modality. Less...
Learning Objectives
- Explain the clinical reasoning methodology of exposure therapy to a client.
- Assess a client's level of readiness and ability to conduct exposure therapy.
- Design a multi-tiered exposure to maximize successful outcomes in an exposure therapy session.
Thursday, February 03, 2022
Live Interactive Webinar
12:00 PM EST - 01:00 PM EST
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About the speaker
Arthur Chen, PsyD, CCTP
Lifeskills South Florida
CE Information - Earn 1 CE Credit Hour
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American Psychological Association
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