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Course curriculum

    1. Seminar Video

    1. Post-Test

    1. Course Evaluation Survey

About this course

  • $59.00
  • CE Credits: 2.0 hours
  • Self-Paced Video-Based Course
  • Level: Intermediate

About This Course

Food allergies affect 8% of the population and are rising in prevalence. Although a certain level of vigilance and caution is adaptive for those with severe food allergies, avoidance of situations where the risk of accidental ingestion of an allergen is very low leads to increased anxiety, impaired risk assessment, and compromised quality of life. Such individuals are excellent candidates for exposure-based CBT, as this treatment directly and efficiently targets medically unnecessary avoidance theorized to drive anxiety, as well as increases practical skills and confidence that the individual can successfully negotiate a world that is decidedly not allergen free. This workshop will address common clinical challenges, such as sensitively developing an exposure hierarchy, exposures with children versus adults, and effective collaboration with medical professionals.


Course created: January 2025

Learning Objectives

At the completion of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the clinical presentation of excessive versus normative anxiety in the context of food allergy.


  • List the common clinical challenges to achievement of optimal clinical outcomes.


  • Describe clinical strategies to address these common clinical challenges.

Instructor(s)

Katherine Dahlsgaard, PhD

Licensed psychologist in private practice

Dr. Katherine Dahlsgaard is Founder and Director of Brave is Better - Consulting and Therapy. She is a licensed psychologist and Board Certified in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology. She was formerly Director of The Anxiety Behaviors Clinic and The Picky Eaters Clinic. She was also co-Founder and co-Director of The Food Allergy Bravery Clinic at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the first specialty anxiety clinic embedded within an outpatient Food Allergy Center. There she developed and tested the first manualized treatment for anxiety disorder in the context of food allergy, as well as developed and validated the first scale for food allergy anxiety in children (SOFAA). Dr. Dahlsgaard completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was awarded a National Science Foundation Fellowship. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at NYU School of Medicine’s Child Study Center. She is currently in private practice and can be reached at www.braveisbetter.us

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Course Approvals

  • The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC is not responsible to verify that American Psychological Association continuing education credits are approved by an attendee's respective state licensing Board.


  • The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0189. Provider Name:  The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC Address:  1910 Route 70, E, Suite 7, Cherry Hill, NJ  08003-2123 Email address: [email protected] 


  • The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No.7263. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.


  • The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC, #1820, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 6/15/2023 - 6/15/2026. 


  • *A post test must be taken and passed in order to receive CE credit. Participants may retake the posttest a maximum of 3 times to receive a passing score. A qualifying passing score is 80% or above.

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