Understanding and treating anxiety disorders : an integrative approach to healing the wounded self / Barry E. Wolfe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolfe, Barry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anxiety.

Anxiety--Treatment.

Eclectic psychotherapy.

Anxiety--therapy.

Medical Subjects:

Anxiety.

Anxiety--therapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

APA PsycBOOKS.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2005]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

"Understanding and Treating Anxiety Disorders: An Integrative Approach to Healing the Wounded Self describes a powerful treatment for anxiety disorders. It shows how, by evaluating the specific needs of a client and selecting appropriate approaches from several different therapeutic methods, one can identify and treat the specific emotional basis for a particular anxiety. This book describes an integrative theory of the etiology of various anxiety disorders and an integrative psychotherapy that incorporates psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, humanistic-experiential, and biomedical perspectives on anxiety. The approach is based on the premise that no single psychotherapeutic orientation is sufficient for the comprehensive and durable treatment of anxiety disorders. The integrated theories are first presented for anxiety disorders in general and then are applied to specific anxiety disorders, including specific phobias, social phobias, panic disorder with and without agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The author proposes that, in all of these variations of anxiety disorders, wounds to the clients sense of self are always central, and only by taking a tailored approach to a client's specific wounds can healing begin. This research-informed and clinically tested approach to helping clients resolve anxiety disorders will be of great interest to mental health practitioners of all orientations"--Jacket. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Contents:

I Foundations for Understanding Anxiety 1

Chapter 2 On the Nature and Classification of Anxiety 13

Chapter 3 Perspectives on Anxiety Disorders 25

II An Integrative Theory of Anxiety Disorders 59

Chapter 4 Toward an Integrative Etiological Model of Anxiety Disorders 61

Chapter 5 An Integrative Model of the Self 81

Chapter 6 The Wounded Self: An Integrative Etiological Model of Anxiety Disorders 105

Chapter 7 The Application of the Integrative Model to Specific Anxiety Disorders 125

III An Integrative Therapy for Anxiety Disorders 155

Chapter 8 Toward an Integrative Psychotherapy for Anxiety Disorders 157

Chapter 9 An Integrative Psychotherapy for Anxiety Disorders 191

Chapter 10 The Integrative Therapy Applied to Specific Anxiety Disorders 213

Chapter 11 Future Directions and a Final Summary 233

Appendix Wolfe's Focusing Technique 251.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2005 dcunns.

Other Format:

Original

ISBN:

1591471966

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.