Mastery of your anxiety and worry : therapist guide / / Richard E. Zinbarg, Michelle G. Craske, David H. Barlow.

• Superior document: Treatments that work
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Zinbarg, Richard E.
• TeilnehmendeR: Craske, Michelle Genevieve, 1959-; Barlow, David H.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Treatments that work.
• Physical Description: vi, 173 p. :; ill.
• Notes: Accompanied by: Workbook (vii, 154 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.).; Rev. ed. of: Mastery of your anxiety and worry / Michelle G. Craske. 1992.

Table of Contents

• Introductory information for therapists
• The nature of anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder
• Outline of the treatment procedures and the basic principles underlying treatment
• The nature of generalized anxiety
• Learning to recognize your own anxiety
• The purpose and function of anxiety
• A closer look at generalized anxiety disorder
• Learning to relax
• Controlling thoughts that cause anxiety: I. overestimating the risk
• Controlling thoughts that cause anxiety: II. thinking the worst
• Getting to the heart of worrying: facing your fears
• From fears to behaviors
• Dealing with real problems: time management, goal setting, and problem solving
• Drugs for anxiety and their relation to this program
• Your accomplishments and your future
• References
• About the authors.