Move beyond "disconnected" exposures. Learn how to help your clients stop avoiding, lean into uncertainty, and build true psychological flexibility through the power of structured scripts.
As a clinician, have you ever heard a client say that Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) just isn't working for them?
Often, the missing link isn't the exposure itself—it’s how it's being done. When clients try to simply "push through" exposures in a disconnected, white-knuckled way, they never truly learn how to process or sit with their emotions. Instead, they experience completely normal human feelings but use that overwhelming distress as a distraction to avoid unwanted internal experiences.
When clients stay trapped in this loop of emotional avoidance, they don't just avoid discomfort—they also avoid their purpose, their meaning, and their values.
To create lasting therapeutic change, clients need a bridge between facing their fears and connecting to their lives.
Mastering Exposure Scripts introduces a powerful framework designed by clinical psychologist Marisa Mazza, Psy.D. This method teaches you how to design, implement, and practice structured exposure scripts that help clients accept uncertainty, cultivate self-compassion, and practice profound psychological flexibility. Instead of engaging in typical compulsive behaviors or mental tracking, clients learn to read their script, connect deeply with their physical body, and move forward in service of what matters most to them.
This comprehensive workshop breaks down the step-by-step anatomy of an effective exposure and response prevention script
Learn how to guide clients through Cognitive Defusion, identifying the worst-case scenario, and pinning down the core fear ("I am noticing my mind telling me that...").
Give your clients the exact language to sit with the unknown instead of trying to "fix" or solve it.
Techniques to help clients locate where feelings live physically in the body (tightness, heaviness, a sharp sensation) and visually mapping it out (as a knot, a fist, or a bolt of lightning) so they can welcome it rather than avoid it.
How to integrate validation and common humanity into the post-exposure process so clients feel safe, validated, and brave.
Learn the precise questions to ask after an exposure to teach the brain that thoughts are often faulty, feelings are constantly changing, and they are capable of handling much more than they think.
Marisa Mazza, Psy.D.
Clinical Psychologist & Founder of Choice Therapy Psychological Services, Inc.
Dr. Marisa Mazza is a leading expert in treating anxiety, OCD, and related disorders. She created this course to give therapists a tangible, compassionate, and highly effective tool to transform how exposures are delivered in session—helping clients move from fear to a values-driven life.
Psychologists, LMFTs, LCSWs, and LPCCs who want to deepen their ERP toolkit.
Clinicians who have clients "stuck" in traditional exposure protocols.
Therapists looking to integrate Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and somatic awareness seamlessly into their behavioral experiments.
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