Misophonia: Clinical Understanding and Treatment with the EASE Model
Misophonia is an underrecognized condition in which everyday sensory triggers—such as chewing, breathing, or tapping—elicit disproportionate emotional responses ranging from irritation to rage. While often dismissed as a simple sensitivity, misophonia has profound implications for emotional regulation, relational functioning, and overall quality of life. Clinicians are increasingly encountering patients who describe these struggles but lack a clear diagnostic or treatment framework.
In this seminar, Dr. Ezra Cowan will present a clinically grounded overview of misophonia, highlighting its developmental and emotional underpinnings, its frequent links with perfectionism and rigidity, and the diverse spectrum of triggers beyond the “classic” sounds. He will then introduce the EASE Model, a structured therapeutic approach tailored for misophonia:
External Acceptance — fostering cognitive and behavioral flexibility by helping patients relinquish the pursuit of external change.
Self Engagement — cultivating emotional flexibility through compassionate inward focus and the capacity to tolerate difficult internal states.
Drawing on clinical case material, empirical findings, and practical interventions, Dr. Cowan will illustrate how the EASE Model can be implemented in therapy. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of misophonia as well as concrete strategies for supporting patients in reducing avoidance, processing their emotional responses, and reclaiming fuller engagement with life.
https://frumtherapist.com/workshops/RageAbout2/viewWhat is All the Rage About:
Understanding and Treating Misophonia
Previously Recorded
Presenter: Ezra Cowan, Psy.D
Course Length: 3 Hours
This workshop Offers 3 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.
Misophonia: Clinical Understanding and Treatment with the EASE Model
Misophonia is an underrecognized condition in which everyday sensory triggers—such as chewing, breathing, or tapping—elicit disproportionate emotional responses ranging from irritation to rage. While often dismissed as a simple sensitivity, misophonia has profound implications for emotional regulation, relational functioning, and overall quality of life. Clinicians are increasingly encountering patients who describe these struggles but lack a clear diagnostic or treatment framework.
In this seminar, Dr. Ezra Cowan will present a clinically grounded overview of misophonia, highlighting its developmental and emotional underpinnings, its frequent links with perfectionism and rigidity, and the diverse spectrum of triggers beyond the “classic” sounds. He will then introduce the EASE Model, a structured therapeutic approach tailored for misophonia:
External Acceptance — fostering cognitive and behavioral flexibility by helping patients relinquish the pursuit of external change.
Self Engagement — cultivating emotional flexibility through compassionate inward focus and the capacity to tolerate difficult internal states.
Drawing on clinical case material, empirical findings, and practical interventions, Dr. Cowan will illustrate how the EASE Model can be implemented in therapy. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of misophonia as well as concrete strategies for supporting patients in reducing avoidance, processing their emotional responses, and reclaiming fuller engagement with life.
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Defining Misophonia
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