Barbara Rothbaum
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Dr. Barbara Rothbaum is a psychologist at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a professor in the psychiatry department.
Dr. Rothabaum is head of the Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program (TARP) at Emory. In the mid 1990s she founded a Virtual exposure therapy company called Virtually Better, Inc. This company treats patients with fears, and the like using virtual reality instead of the actual place or scenario. It also allows the therapist to control the environment.
Dr. Rothbaum is currently serving as president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), her term ended in late 2005.
[edit] Books
Treating the Trauma of Rape: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for PTSD Rothbaum and Foa The Guilford Press, 1997
Reclaiming Your Life After Rape: Cognitive-Bbehavioral Therapy For Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Rothbaum and Foa Oxford University Press, 1999
Pathological Anxiety : Emotional Processing in Etiology and Treatment Rothbaum (editor) The Guilford Press 2005
