Facing Fears From Home: Development, Feasibility and Maximization of FobiApp

The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility (including usability, acceptance and satisfaction) and preliminary effectiveness of a smartphone App for self-administered exposure therapy using Augmented reality for cockroach phobia (FobiApp), compared to the same self-administered exposure therapy combined with training in attentional bias modification (ABM).

Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years * Meeting diagnostic criteria for Specific Phobia (animal subtype: cockroaches) based on DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria. * Have had the phobia for at least one year. * Having a score of at least 4 on the fear and avoidance scales of the administered diagnostic interview. * Sign an informed consent. * Having a smartphone and access to the Internet. * Having an e-mail address. Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of another psychological problem that requires immediate attention * Having current dependence or abuse of alcohol or drugs, psychosis or serious organic disease. * Being currently treated in a similar treatment program. * Being able to put his/her hands into a plastic container with a cockroach (during the behavioral test). * Taking anxiolytics during the study (or if taking them, changing the drug or dose during the study).