Treating Anxiety Disorders

de Irvin D. Yalom

Treating Anxiety Disorders is a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the clinical treatment of most anxiety disorders, such as panic attacks, agoraphobia, and social phobias. Written by experts in the field, Treating Anxiety Disorders offers practitioners information about a variety of effective clinical techniques and interventions. The book is filled with numerous vignettes, examines the role of medication, and outlines specific techniques such as exposure therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, progressive relaxation, and psychodynamic psychotherapy. The authors include transcripts of dialogues between clinicians and clients that give a clear understanding of how these techniques work in practice.