Mastery of Anxiety and Panic for Adolescents: Therapist Guide

Donna B. Pincus is Associate Professor and the Director of Research for the Child and Adolescent Fear and Anxiety Treatment Program at the Center for Anxiety and related Disorders at Boston University.:Jill T. Ehrenreich is Associate Professor, Child Division at University of Miami.

"Clinicians who work with adolescents will benefit substantially from this book. Both seasoned and junior level clinicians in the mental health fields as well as graduate students will profit the most. This guide takes the reader step-by-step through the program and principles of treatment. . .This book is well-balanced, unbiased, and gives clinicians a solid box of tools. As with all the books in this series, there is a systematic implementation of theprogram. Finally, we have a book that focuses on the treatment needs of adolescents with panic disorder that is grounded in empirical research."--Doody's Health Sciences Review, a 4-star review!

• 1. Introductory Information for Therapists ; 2. Assessment ; 3. Involving Patients ; 4. Session 1: Introduction to Treatment and the Three Component Model ; 5. Session2: Physiology of Panic and Breathing Awareness ; 6. Session 3: Cognitive Component of Anxiety: Probability Overestimation and Catastrophic Thinking ; 7. Session 4: Cognitive Restructuring (Thinking Like a Detective) ; 8. Session 5: Interoceptive Exposure (Not Letting How We Feel Scare Us) ; 9. Session 6: Introduction to Situational Exposure ; 10. Session 7: Safety Behaviors and Exposures ; 11. Sessions 8-10: Exposure Sessions ; 12. Session 11: Relapse Prevention and Therapy Termination ; 13. Adaption ; Appendix A: Panic Disorder Severity Scale for Adolescents (PDSS-A) ; Appendix B: Parent Handouts