Can Eye-Tracking and music make talk therapy work better for anxious kids?

This study tests whether adding a computer task called gaze-contingent music reward therapy (GCMRT) to standard cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps reduce anxiety in children aged 8 to 17. In GCMRT, children look at faces on a screen while pleasant music plays or stops depending on where they look. The goal is to train their attention away from threatening faces. 150 children with separation, generalized, or social anxiety disorder will receive CBT for 12 weeks, with GCMRT added in the last 8 weeks. The study compares active GCMRT (music stops when looking at negative faces) to a control version (music always plays).