Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
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Cognitive Distortions â Unhelpful Thinking Styles (Extended)
Cognitive distortions (or âunhelpful thinking stylesâ) are ways that our thoughts become biased. Different cognitive biases are associated with di ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/cognitive-distortions-unhelpful-thinking-styles-extended/
Unrelenting Standards
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clientsâ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
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Fight Or Flight Response
The fight or flight response is an automatic physiological reaction to an event that is perceived as stressful or frightening. The perception of threa ...
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Cognitive Distortions â Unhelpful Thinking Styles (Common)
Cognitive distortions (or âunhelpful thinking stylesâ) are ways that our thoughts become biased. Different cognitive biases are associated with di ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/cognitive-distortions-unhelpful-thinking-styles-common/
Therapy Blueprint (Universal)
A therapy blueprint is CBT tool which summarizes the work a therapist and patient have completed together. It represents the past (the problems, what ...
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Embracing Uncertainty
Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) was first described in individuals suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). Many behaviors associated with G ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/embracing-uncertainty/
Intolerance Of Uncertainty
Uncertainty is a normal part of life â we can never be 100% sure about what will happen next. Many people feel good about uncertainty and live lives ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/intolerance-of-uncertainty/
Worry Flowchart
Worry is a cognitive process that involves thinking about problems that might happen in a way that causes anxiety. Not all worry is problematic â we ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/worry-flowchart/
Mastery Of Your Anxiety And Worry (Second Edition): Workbook
Mastery Of Your Anxiety And Worry comes in two volumes. This page is for the Workbook. Click on the following link to access the accompanying Therapis ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/mastery-of-your-anxiety-and-worry-workbook/
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Progressive relaxation training originated in the 1930âs as a treatment for tension and anxiety. Edmund Jacobsen developed a systematic and lengthy ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/progressive-muscle-relaxation/
Worry Postponement
Worry postponement ("worry time") is often prescribed as an exploratory or standalone intervention relatively early in the treatment of GAD, but ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/worry-postponement/
What Keeps Generalized Anxiety And Worry Going?
The âWhat Keeps It Going?â series is a set of one-page diagrams explaining how common mental health conditions are maintained. Friendly and concis ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/what-keeps-generalized-anxiety-and-worry-going/
Understanding Generalized Anxiety And Worry
Our âUnderstandingâĤâ series is a collection of psychoeducation guides for common mental health conditions. Friendly and explanatory, they are co ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/understanding-generalized-anxiety-and-worry/
Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (Second Edition): Therapist Guide
The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (Second Edition) comes in two volumes. This page is for the Therapist Guide. ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/unified-protocol-for-transdiagnostic-treatment-of-emotional-disorders-second-edition-therapist-guide/
Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (Second Edition): Client Workbook
The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (Second Edition) comes in two volumes. This page is for the Client Workbook. ...
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Habituation
The Habituation information sheets are designed to help clinicians to explain the concept of habituation and its role in exposure therapy. The handout ...
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Exposure Session Record
The Exposure Session Record is a tool for recording clientsâ use of exposure. The worksheet guides clients to identify a specific fear they are will ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/exposure-session-record/
Worry â Self-Monitoring Record
The Worry â Self-Monitoring Record worksheet is designed to help clients capture information about situations where they engaged in worry. Consisten ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/worry-self-monitoring-record/
Interoceptive Exposure
Misappraisals of body sensations trigger emotional and physiological reactions of fear and heightened arousal. These feelings motivate behavioral resp ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/interoceptive-exposure/
Catastrophizing
The Catastrophizing information handout forms part of the cognitive distortions series. It is designed to help clients and therapists to work more eff ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/catastrophizing/
Worry Thought Record
Anxiety stems from negative predictions about the future (and also from assumptions that one will not be able to cope with the magnitude of the threat ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/worry-thought-record/
What Is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
Our âWhat Is âĤ ?â series is a collection of one-page information handouts for common mental health conditions. Friendly and explanatory, handout ...
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Thought-Action Fusion
The Thought-Action Fusion information handout forms part of the cognitive distortions series, designed to help clients and therapists to work more eff ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/thought-action-fusion/
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD: Dugas, Gagnon, Ladouceur, Freeston, 1998)
Individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) report significant worry which they find difficult to control and experience as distressing. Numer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/cognitive-behavioral-model-of-generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad-dugas-gagnon-ladouceur-freeston-1998/
Mastery Of Your Anxiety And Worry (Second Edition): Therapist Guide
Mastery Of Your Anxiety And Worry comes in two volumes. This page is for the Therapist Guide. Click on the following link to access the accompanying W ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/mastery-of-your-anxiety-and-worry-therapist-guide/
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Intolerance Of Uncertainty And Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms (Hebert, Dugas, 2019)
Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) has been defined as âan underlying fear of the unknownâ. Intolerance of uncertainty is a risk factor for the deve ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/cognitive-behavioral-model-of-intolerance-of-uncertainty-and-generalized-anxiety-disorder-symptoms-hebert-dugas-2019/
Uncertainty Beliefs â Experiment Record
Situations which are uncertain, novel, or ambiguous trigger a state of uncertainty. Evidence indicates that individuals who are dispositionally high i ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/uncertainty-beliefs-experiment-record/
Rumination - Self-Monitoring Record
Developing self-monitoring skills teaches clients to systematically observe and record specific targets such as their own thoughts, body feelings, emo ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/rumination-self-monitoring-record/
Am I Experiencing Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a condition characterized by problematic worry. Am I Experiencing Generalized Anxiety Disorder? is an indicative ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/am-i-experiencing-generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad/
Recognizing Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is characterized by marked symptoms of anxiety that persist, more days than not, for at least several months. Peopl ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/recognizing-generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad/
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Assessment
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Severity Measure For Generalized Anxiety Disorder
| Craske, Wittchen, Bogels, Stein, Andrews, Lebeu | 2013
- Scale â Adult
- Scale â Child Age 11-17
Guides and workbooks
- Generalised anxiety disorder: patient treatment manual | Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression (CRUfAD)
Information Handouts
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Generalised anxiety and worry - information sheets
| Centre For Clinical Interventions
- What Is Generalised Anxiety?
- What Is Mindfulness?
- Mindfulness and Letting Go
- How Worry Works
- Postpone Your Worry
- Accepting Uncertainty
- What Is Distress Intolerance? | Centre For Clinical Interventions
Information (Professional)
- Intolerance of uncertainty model: a guide to using the Dugas & Robichaud CBT protocol for GAD | Helen Moya
Presentations
- Why worry? Key cognitive processes that maintain worry and Generalised Anxiety Disorder | Colette Hirsch
Self-Help Programmes
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What? Me Worry? (Workbook)
| Centre For Clinical Interventions | 2015
- Module 1: Overview Of Generalized Anxiety
- Module 2: Overview Of Worrying
- Module 3: Challenging Uncontrollability Beliefs
- Module 4: Attention Training
- Module 5: Challenging Danger Beliefs
- Module 6: Challenging Positive Beliefs
- Module 7: Problem-Solving
- Module 8: Helpful Thinking
- Module 9: Accepting Uncertainty
- Module 10: Self Management Plan
Treatment Guide
- NICE Guidelines For GAD And Panic | NICE | 2011
Worksheets
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Anxiety (Worksheets)
| Centre For Clinical Interventions
- Anxiety Symptoms Record
- Breathing Rate Record
- Monitoring Relaxation
- Situational Exposure Diary
- Making The Connection
- Thought Diary 1
- Thought Diary 2
- Thought Diary 3
- Thought Diary (Tri-Fold)
- Behavioral Experiment Worksheet
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Generalised Anxiety And Worry (Worksheets)
| Centre For Clinical Interventions
- Postpone Your Worry
- Letting Go With Mindfulness
- Accepting Uncertainty
- Challenging Intolerance of Uncertainty
Recommended Reading
- Borkovec, Thomas D., & Newman, Michelle G. (1998). Worry and generalized anxiety disorder. In A. S. Bellack, & M. Hersen (Series Eds.), & P. Salkovskis (Vol. Ed.), Comprehensive clinical psychology: Vol. 6. Adults: Clinical formulation and treatment. (pp. 439-459). Oxford, England: Pergamon Press. | Borkovec, Newman | 1998
- Hirsch, C. R., & Mathews, A. (2012). A cognitive model of pathological worry. Behaviour research and therapy, 50(10), 636-646. | Hirsch, Matthews | 2012