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Mastery of Your Anxiety and Worry

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Author: Michelle G. Craske and David H. Barlow   Series: Treatments That Work

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Lesson 1: Is This Program Right for You? The Nature of Generalized Anxiety Lesson 2: Learning to Recognize Your Own Anxiety Lesson 3: The Purpose and Function of Anxiety Lesson 4: A Closer Look at Generalized Anxiety Disorder Lesson 5: Learning to Relax Lesson 6: Controlling Thoughts That Cause Anxiety I: Overestimating the Risk Lesson 7: Controlling Thoughts That Cause Anxiety II: Thinking the Worst Lesson 8: Getting to the Heart of Worrying: Facing Your Fears Lesson 9: From Fears to Behaviors Lesson 10: Dealing with Real Problems: Time Management, Goal Setting, and Problem Solving Lesson 11: Medication Issues Lesson 12: Your Accomplishments and Your Future

This 13-session program incorporates new procedures to help clients learn to monitor their anxiety, gain control, and initiate needed change through cognitive restructuring, progressive muscle relaxation, and direct confrontation of unnecessary worry using imagery and In Vivo Experience.

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Lesson 1: Is This Program Right for You? The Nature of Generalized Anxiety Lesson 2: Learning to Recognize Your Own Anxiety Lesson 3: The Purpose and Function of Anxiety Lesson 4: A Closer Look at Generalized Anxiety Disorder Lesson 5: Learning to Relax Lesson 6: Controlling Thoughts That Cause Anxiety I: Overestimating the Risk Lesson 7: Controlling Thoughts That Cause Anxiety II: Thinking the Worst Lesson 8: Getting to the Heart of Worrying: Facing Your Fears Lesson 9: From Fears to Behaviors Lesson 10: Dealing with Real Problems: Time Management, Goal Setting, and Problem Solving Lesson 11: Medication Issues Lesson 12: Your Accomplishments and Your Future

This 13-session program incorporates new procedures to help clients learn to monitor their anxiety, gain control, and initiate needed change through cognitive restructuring, progressive muscle relaxation, and direct confrontation of unnecessary worry using imagery and In Vivo Experience.

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Individuals who suffer from Generalized Anxiety Disorder know that it can be extremely impairing, causing chronic tension, fatigue, irritability and difficulties sleeping. The most effective treatment for this disorder is a program based on principles of congnitive-behavioral therapy.Written by the developers of an empirically supported and effective CBT therapy program for treating GAD, this workbook includes all the information necessary fora client to learn the appropriate skills to combat their excessive worry. When used in conjunction with the corresponding therapist guide, this book provides a complete treatment package with a provensuccess rate.Through the use of this workbook, clients will become active participants in their supervised treatment. This revised edition includes new elements such as a listing of goals for each session chapter, as well as more detailed lists of homework assignments. Mastery of Your Anxiety and Worry, Workbook, 2e is a one-of-a-kind resource that allows clients to work alongside their therapist to personalize their treatment strategy and overcome theirGAD.TreatmentsThatWork(TM) represents the gold standard of behavioral healthcare interventions!BL All programs have been rigorously tested in clinical trials and are backed byyears of researchBL A prestigious scientific advisory board, led by series Editor-In-Chief David H. Barlow, reviews and evaluates each intervention to ensure that it meets the highest standard of evidence so you can be confident that you are using the most effective treatment available to dateBL Our books are reliable and effective and make it easy for you to provide your clients with the best care availableBL Our corresponding workbooks containpsychoeducational information, forms and worksheets, and homework assignments to keep clients engaged and motivatedBL A companion website offers downloadable clinical tools and helpfulresourcesBL Continuing Education (CE) Credits are now available on select titles in collaboration with PsychoEducational Resources, Inc. (PER)

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“"This is one of the best client workbooks for generalized anxiety disorder in quite some time. Strongly recommended!"--Doody's”

"This is one of the best client workbooks for generalized anxiety disorder in quite some time. Strongly recommended!"--Doody's"This is one of the best client workbooks for generalized anxiety disorder in quite some time. Strongly recommended!"--Doody's

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About the Author

Michelle G. Craske received her PhD from the University of British Columbia in 1985 and has published over 100 articles and chapters in the areas of anxiety disorders and fear. She recently completed an advanced level text, Anxiety Disorders: Psychological Approaches to Theory and Treatment. Currently, she is professor of psychology in the department of psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and director of the UCLA AnxietyDisorders Behavioral Research Program. She continues to serve on the DSM-IV Anxiety Disorders Workgroup Subcommittee, which is charged with revising the text that accompanies the diagnostic criteria; is a consultant tovarious national organizations in their efforts to develop and disseminate practice guidelines for panic disorder and other anxiety disorders; and has been awarded NIMH/NIH funds for the study of anxiety disorders. Her research focuses on furthering the understanding of fear and anxiety and in developing more effective treatments for the anxiety disorders.David H. Barlow received his Ph.D. from the University of Vermont in 1969 and has published over 400 articles and chapters and over 20 books. His major interests over the past 30 years has been the study of anxiety and its disorders, and developing new psychological procedures for practice settings. Prior to his current position as Professor and Director of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders and Director of Clinical Psychology Programs at Boston University, hefounded clinical psychology internships at Brown University and the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He is the recipient of the 2000 American Psychological Association (APA) Distinguished Scientific Award for theApplications of Psychology. Other awards include the Career Contribution Awards from the Massachusetts and California Psychological Associations, and a MERIT award from the National Institute of Mental Health for long-term contributions to the clinical research effort. During the 1997/1998 academic year, he was Fritz Redlich Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto, California. He is Past-President of the Society of Clinical Psychology of the AmericanPsychological Association, and the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy. He was also Chair of the American Psychological Association Task Force of Psychological Intervention Guidelines, a memberof the DSM-IV Task Force of the American Psychiatric Association, and was Co-Chair of the Work Group for revising the anxiety disorders categories.

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Individuals who suffer from Generalized Anxiety Disorder know that it can be extremely impairing, causing chronic tension, fatigue, irritability and difficulties sleeping. The most effective treatment for this disorder is a program based on principles of congnitive-behavioral therapy.Written by the developers of an empirically supported and effective CBT therapy program for treating GAD, this workbook includes all the information necessary for a client to learn the appropriate skills to combat their excessive worry. When used in conjunction with the corresponding therapist guide, this book provides a complete treatment package with a proven success rate.Through the use of this workbook, clients will become active participants in their supervised treatment. This revised edition includes new elements such as a listing of goals for each session chapter, as well as more detailed lists of homework assignments. Mastery of Your Anxiety and Worry, Workbook, 2e is a one-of-a-kind resource that allows clients to work alongside their therapist to personalize their treatment strategy and overcome their GAD.TreatmentsThatWork(TM) represents the gold standard of behavioral healthcare interventions!BL All programs have been rigorously tested in clinical trials and are backed by years of researchBL A prestigious scientific advisory board, led by series Editor-In-Chief David H. Barlow, reviews and evaluates each intervention to ensure that it meets the highest standard of evidence so you can be confident that you are using the most effective treatment available to dateBL Our books are reliable and effective and make it easy for you to provide your clients with the best care availableBL Our corresponding workbooks contain psychoeducational information, forms and worksheets, and homework assignments to keep clients engaged and motivatedBL A companion website offers downloadable clinical tools and helpful resourcesBL Continuing Education (CE) Credits are now available on select titles in collaboration with PsychoEducational Resources, Inc. (PER)

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Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Published
13th April 2006
Edition
2nd
Pages
168
ISBN
9780195300017

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