Full Description
This book is a revision of the hugely successful first edition of Mastery of Your Anxiety and Worry, Therapist Guide. It is designed to be used in conjunction with the accompanying Workbook. This new Guide is for practising mental health professionals who treat adult clients diagnosed with Generalised Anxiety Disorder and/or excessive worry. It lays out a 12-lesson program of new procedures to help clinicians teach their clients to learn to monitor their anxiety, gain control and initiate needed change. Cognitive-behavioural techniques such as cognitive restructuring and in vivo exposure are explained. The treatment offered is evidence-based and proven to be effective.
Contents
1. Introductory Information for Therapists ; 2. The Nature of Anxiety and Generalized Anxiety Disorder ; 3. Outline of Treatment Procedures and the Basic Principles Underlying Treatment ; 4. The Nature of Generalized Anxiety ; 5. Learning to Recognize Your Own Anxiety ; 6. The Purpose and Function of Anxiety ; 7. A Closer Look at Generalized Anxiety Disorder ; 8. Learning to Relax ; 9. Controlling Thoughts That Cause Anxiety I: Overestimating the Risk ; 10. Controlling Thoughts That Cause Anxiety II: Thinking the Worst ; 11. Getting to the Heart of Worrying: Facing Your Fears ; 12. From Fears to Behaviors ; 13. Dealing with Real Problems: Time Management, Goal Setting, and Problem Solving ; 14. Drugs for Anxiety and Their Relation to This Program ; 15. Your Accomplishments and Your Future
