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Mastery Of Your Anxiety And Panic (Fifth Edition): Therapist Guide

Mastery Of Your Anxiety And Panic comes in two volumes. This page is for the Therapist Guide. Click on the following link to access the accompanying Client Workbook

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a first-line treatment for panic disorder and agoraphobia, recommended by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The Mastery Of Your Anxiety And Panic: Therapist Guide (Fifth Edition) is written by Michelle Craske and David Barlow, and provides therapists with all the tools they need to deliver effective, evidence-based psychological treatment for panic attacks, panic disorder, and agoraphobia. Part of the Treatments That Work™ series, it provides step-by-step instructions for teaching clients the skills to overcome their fear of panic and panic attacks.

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Chapter 1: Introductory Information for Therapists

Chapter 2: The Nature of Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia

Chapter 3: Outline of Treatment Procedures and Basic Principles Underlying Treatment

Chapter 4: Introduction to the Program

Chapter 5: Learning to Record Panic and Anxiety

Chapter 6: Negative Cycles of Panic and Agoraphobia

Chapter 7: Panic Attacks Are Not Harmful

Chapter 8: Establishing a Hierarchy of Agoraphobia Situations

Chapter 9: Breathing Skills

Chapter 10: Thinking Skills

Chapter 11: Facing Physical Symptoms

Chapter 12: Facing Agoraphobia Situations

Chapter 13: Involving Others

Chapter 14: Medications

Chapter 15: Accomplishments, Maintenance, and Relapse Prevention

Chapter 16: Therapist Guide for Brief Six-Session Version for Primary Care and Related Settings

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Introduction & Theoretical Background

Panic attacks and agoraphobia are extremely common. Around 30% of people have experienced a panic attack in the past year, and between 5% and 9% of people experience panic disorder and/or agoraphobia at some point in their life. Mastery Of Your Anxiety And Panic is a comprehensive program to assist clinicians in delivering effective CBT for panic and agoraphobia. The program includes two books:

  • Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic: Therapist Guide details the step-by-step cognitive behavioural treatment of panic disorder and agoraphobia.
  • Mastery of Your Anxiety And Panic: Workbook is the companion to this therapist guide. It will help your patients to become active participants in their treatment and to learn to manage panic attacks, anxiety about panic, and avoidance of panic and agoraphobic situations.

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Authored by leading psychologists including David Barlow, Michelle Craske and Edna Foa, Treatments That Work™ is a

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Therapist Guidance

Each Treatments That Work® title is published as part of a pair:

  • Clients use the Workbooks which contain elements of psychoeducation, skills development, self-assessment quizzes, homework exercises, and record forms.
  • Therapists use the Therapist Guides which contain step-by-step instructions for teaching clients skills and overcoming common difficulties.

Although written for the client, the exercises in the workbook are intended to be carried out under the supervision of a mental health professional. The authors suggest that the most effective implementation of these exercises requires an understanding of the principles underlying the different procedures, and that mental health professionals should be familiar with both the Mastery of Your Anxiety And Panic: Workbook, as well as this guide. 

Therapists with an active subscription to a Psychology Tools ‘Complete’ plan are licensed to use Treatments That Work® titles, and to download and share chapters with their clients.

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References And Further Reading

  • American Psychiatric Association. Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with panic disorder [2009]. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.ed https://psychiatryonline.org/pb/assets/raw/sitewide/practice_guidelines/guidelines/panicdisorder.pdf.
  • Clark, D. M. (1986). A cognitive approach to panic. Behaviour Research and Therapy24(4), 461-470.
  • Craske, M. G., Brown, T. A., & Barlow, D. H. (1991). Behavioral treatment of panic disorder: A two-year follow-up. Behavior Therapy, 22, 289–304.
  • Craske, M. G., Wolitzky-Taylor, K., & Barlow, D. H. (2021). Panic disorder and agoraphobia. In D. H. Barlow (Ed.), Clinical handbook of psychological disorders (6th ed.). Guilford Press.
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. (2020). Generalised anxiety disorder and panic disorder in adults: management[CG113]. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg113
  • White, K. S., Payne, L. A., Gorman, J. M., Shear, M. K., Woods, S. W., Saksa, J. R., & Barlow, D. H. (2013). Does maintenance CBT con- tribute to long-term treatment response of panic disorder with or without agoraphobia? A randomized controlled clinical trial. Journal of

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