Barbara Rothbaum is a psychologist at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
She is a professor in the Psychiatry department and a pioneer in the treatment of anxiety-related disorders.
This company treats patients with anxiety disorders, addictions, pain, and the like using virtual reality instead of the actual place or scenario.
She also played a key role in the development of the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
[citation needed] Rothbaum was president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.