Table of Contents

I. Cognitive Theory and Research on Anxiety

1. Anxiety: A Common but Multifaceted Condition

2. The Cognitive Model of Anxiety

3. Empirical Status of the Cognitive Model of Anxiety

4. Vulnerability to Anxiety

II. Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety: Assessment and Intervention Strategies

5. Cognitive Assessment and Case Formulation

6. Cognitive Interventions for Anxiety

7. Behavioral Interventions: A Cognitive Perspective

III. Cognitive Theory and Treatment of Specific

Anxiety Disorders

8. Cognitive Therapy of Panic Disorder

9. Cognitive Therapy of Social Phobia

10. Cognitive Therapy of Generalized Anxiety Disorder

11. Cognitive Therapy of Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder

12. Cognitive Therapy of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

About the Author

David A. Clark, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of New Brunswick, Canada. He has published 7 books and over 100 articles and chapters on various aspects of cognitive theory and therapy of depression and anxiety disorders. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, and a recipient of the Academy's Aaron T. Beck Award for significant and enduring contributions to cognitive therapy. Dr. Clark is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Cognitive Therapy and maintains a private practice. Aaron T. Beck, MD, is University Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA, and President of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research. Dr. Beck developed cognitive therapy in the early 1960s as a psychiatrist at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published over 540 articles and numerous books and has lectured throughout the world. Dr. Beck is the recipient of many honors from professional and scientific organizations, including "America's Nobel," the Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award.

Reviews

"Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders will serve as a master text on the overall direction in which this work should be heading. It should also serve as a solid starting point for other writers, such as myself, who are working towards describing more fully what CBT looks like in practice -- warts and all!" - Frank Wills, Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2010 "The authors provide students and practitioners with the strong theoretical base that is a sine qua non for effective treatment. They show how cognition links up with multiple other etiological factors in anxiety and hence can serve well as a treatment target and focus. Marvelous, instructive clinical pearls accompany each theoretical point. An excellent chapter on assessment contains all the necessary rating forms needed for patient evaluation and monitoring of outcomes. Treatment techniques are described in depth; the book concludes with outstanding disorder-specific chapters. The definitive text." - Peter P. Roy-Byrne, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine at Harborview Medical Center, USA