Treating Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia: A Step-By-Step Clinical Guide

About this book

Psychologist Elke Zuercher-White describes the use of a state-of-the-art cognitive-behavioral approach to treating panic disorder and agoraphobia. Including detailed coverage of the research she describes a twelve-session treatment program that covers breath control training as a coping skill changing automatic thoughts and underlying beliefs interoceptive desensitization and assertiveness training. She also offers suggestions for providing treatment in a group format information for primary care physicians a chapter on medications and worksheets derived from her client workbook An End to Panic.