Facing Your Fears

Facing Your Fears (FYF) is a group cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) program for youth with autism and anxiety. This evidence-based program was developed nearly 20 years ago, with the first set of manuals published in 2011 for autistic youth ages 8-14. Since that time, our research team has studied the effectiveness of the program via different delivery modalities and settings to include in-person and telehealth delivery in outpatient clinics, as well as school-based delivery (Facing Your Fears in Schools, also known as FYF-S). We have also examined the effectiveness of FYF for autistic youth of different ages and developmental abilities. Finally, we have also focused on how to best train providers to deliver FYF in clinic and school settings.

We have trained hundreds of professionals to deliver FYF across the United States, Canada, and in other countries. Although many of the providers we have trained have included psychologists or other mental health professionals, as well as BCBA providers, we have also trained interdisciplinary school providers (e.g., speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, school psychologists, social workers, counselors, and special educators).