Martin M. Antony, Ph.D., is Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Psychology at Ryerson University in Toronto. He is also immediate past president of the Canadian Psychological Association, and Director of Research at the Anxiety Treatment and Research Centre at St. Joseph's Healthcare in Hamilton, Ontario. He has published 28 books and more than 150 scientific articles and book chapters in the areas of cognitive behavior therapy, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, social phobia, specific phobia, and perfectionism.

Dr. Antony has received career awards from the Society of Clinical Psychology of the APA, CPA, and the Anxiety Disorders Association of America. He has also served on the Boards of Directors for the Society of Clinical Psychology and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Dr. Antony is widely recognized as a top trainer in the area of cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety disorders. He has presented more than 300 seminars to professionals from across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia.

This seminar provides training in evidence-based strategies for assessing and treating a range of anxiety disorders in adults and children, with an emphasis on how to manage challenging cases. Training will also be provided in new evidence-based treatments for clinical perfectionism. The symposium will emphasize the importance of case formulation and core treatment principles that cut across anxiety-disorders, including obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobias, and related problems.

Participants will learn about well-established approaches to treatment, such as cognitive-behavioral and pharmacological interventions, as well as new and emerging psychological treatments (e.g., mindfulness and acceptance-based strategies) and experimental biomedical treatments (e.g., deep brain stimulation, d-cycloserine). Strategies for dealing with treatment resistance, such as motivational interviewing, will be presented, as will strategies for dealing with complex cases and comorbidity.