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Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic

Therapist Guide

David H Barlow author Michelle G Craske author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:16th Aug '22

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This comprehensive guide equips therapists with the necessary tools to treat panic disorder effectively. Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic is a vital resource for practitioners.

Now in its fifth edition, Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic offers mental health practitioners essential tools to effectively treat panic disorder and agoraphobia. This updated guide reflects the latest research on the causes and treatments of these conditions, incorporating innovative scientific insights on inhibitory learning. With clear, step-by-step instructions, therapists can help clients develop the skills needed to confront and overcome their fears related to panic and panic attacks.

Organized by skill, the program allows therapists to customize treatment plans for individual clients, ensuring a tailored approach. Case vignettes throughout the book demonstrate the diverse ways panic disorder can manifest and how therapists can adapt their responses to meet each client's unique needs. Additionally, a dedicated chapter outlines how to implement the treatment effectively within a six-session framework, making it suitable for primary care and similar settings.

Written in accessible language, Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic is designed to enhance comprehension and facilitate easy application of techniques. The inclusion of worksheets and activities further supports the learning process, making this Therapist Guide a valuable resource. It has gained recognition as a gold-standard tool in public health services worldwide, reinforcing its importance in the field of mental health treatment.

Clear, concise, and user-friendly, the 5th edition of the Therapist Guide is now infused with the recently developed inhibitory learning approaches to enable therapists to maximize effectiveness of the exposure procedures in the Workbook. I strongly urge all therapists using the Workbook to follow this new Guide. * Ricks Warren, PhD, ABPP, Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School *
The authors have updated this classic text with new research, an enhanced emphasis on inhibitory learning, and new and improved case material.This new edition pays more attention to variability in how fast or slow a client is able move through the treatment, improving the patient-treatment match.The end result facilitates implementation for the user and is in a way like having a personal supervision experience with the authors. * Peter Roy-Byrne, MD, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, University of Washington School of Medicine *
These volumes are indisputably the finest evidence-based books for helping people overcome panic disorder. The 5th edition of the therapist guide is especially valuable as it features numerous, brief conversational vignettes featuring both common and atypical problems that Barlow and Craske have encountered during their long clinical careers and guidance on how best to address them. * Richard J. McNally, PhD,Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training,Harvard University *

ISBN: 9780197584057

Dimensions: 256mm x 179mm x 18mm

Weight: 458g

272 pages

5th Revised edition