The Clinician's Guide to Exposure Therapies for Anxiety Spectrum Disorders

The Clinician's Guide to Exposure Therapies for Anxiety Spectrum Disorders is a much needed, organized manual that offers therapists a detailed menu of exposure exercises for the treatment of the most common fears and phobias. It includes strategies for increasing clients' willingness to participate in exposure therapy and incorporates the most effective therapy exercises from cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and other modalities. Therapists can simply look up clients' symptoms to find the most effective exposure therapy treatment exercises for a client's particular anxiety issue. Page 19 of 83 TIP SHEET TIP SHEET Key Selling Points: ? Anxiety disorders affect 40 million Americans (Anxiety Disorders Association of America) and are the most commonly diagnosed mental health disorders. ? Exposure therapy is one of the most effective and widespread treatments for anxiety disorders such as post traumatic stress disorder, social anxiety disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder. It can also be one of the most intimidating forms of therapy for clients and among the most difficult kinds of therapy to conduct. This book changes that, making it easy for therapists to implement exposure therapy when treating anxious clients. ? Therapists who do not know how to create and present exposure activities often neglect to incorporate them into therapy sessions. This hands on manual offers therapists a variety of exposure activities for clients across the anxiety disorder spectrum. ? Timothy Sisemore has more than twenty five years of experience as a clinical psychologist and specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders. Description: Exposure therapy has amassed a significant body of research and is widely appreciated as one of the most effective therapeutic treatments for anxiety spectrum disorders. Nevertheless, therapists often neglect to maximize this technique because they struggle with creating specific exposure exercises for clients' individual fears and phobias and because they are hesitant to suggest exposure exercises to anxious clients who may be resistant to facing their fears. The Clinician's Guide to Exposure Therapies for Anxiety Spectrum Disorders offers the solution a detailed menu of specific exposure strategies for the most common fears and phobias clients experience. This book helps therapists introduce the concept of exposure therapy and integrate it with other evidence based practices, such as cognitive behavior therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy. It provides reproducible forms therapists can use to help clients make hierarchies of exposure. Along with exposure strategies, the book features guidance on using exposure therapy in general, including special sections on prolonged exposure therapy for post traumatic stress disorder. A must have resource for any clinician seeking to effectively treat anxiety disorders in their clients. Author Bio: Timothy A. Sisemore, PhD, is professor of psychology and counseling and director of research at Richmont Graduate University in Chattanooga, TN. He has more than twenty five years of experience as a clinical psychologist and specializes in anxiety disorders. He has written three previous books on anxiety treatment.