The CBT Workbook for Illness Anxiety

This cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) workbook includes a detailed, step-by-step account of how to do scientifically supported treatment with adults experiencing illness anxiety.

This cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) workbook is a detailed, step-by-step account of how to do scientifically supported treatment with adults experiencing illness anxiety.

Written by two practitioners with years of specialized training and expertise in CBT for anxiety, this book provides a comprehensive overview of illness anxiety disorder and an exposure-based framework to target fear and avoidance. Detailed exercises and homework are included throughout, as well as charts, diagrams, and a relapse prevention plan. This workbook aims to give illness anxiety sufferers the skills needed to work through the therapeutic journey in decreasing anxiety and beginning recovery.

This book is essential for those with illness- or health-related anxiety looking to do self-help or to use with therapists in sessions, along with practicing clinicians who need specialized guidance.

Autorentext

Blaise Worden is a clinical psychologist and researcher at the Institute of Living, Anxiety Disorders Center in Hartford, CT.

Johanna Kaplan is a clinical psychologist and director of the Washington Anxiety Center of Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

Inhalt

1. Welcome to the Workbook 2. What Are My Problematic Health-Related Beliefs? 3. What Are My Problematic Health-Related Behaviors? 4. How Your Thinking Perpetuates Health Anxiety 5. Designing Your Exposure Hierachy 6. Common Cognitive Distortions 7. Interoceptive Exposures 8. Imaginal Exposures 9. Giving Healthcare an Approprite Role in Your Life 10. Living a Life in Which Risk and Safety Are Balanced 11. Moving Forward and Embracing a Full Life