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This upload is part of awards contest – if you want to get instant access vote here – want to make you aware that you need to put some effort in it. 3-4 sentences are not enough to get access. Take your 15 minutes and do your best! **** elib.tech Exclusive **** Help us keep elib all the more special for its exclusivity. Out of respect for the original authors and publishers, please do not make this product available outside of our community. Anxiety is the most common problem clients bring to psychotherapy. Fortunately, with our expanded understanding of neurobiology and the development of a range of new approaches that go beyond the traditional “talking cure,” there’s no reason that therapists today can’t offer their clients reliable relief from anxiety symptoms–often immediately–even without medications.We’ve brought together leading experts and innovators in the field for Treating Anxiety—a 6-session Webcast series designed to introduce you to the most effective anxiety management tools and approaches available.  Join David Burns, Margaret Wehrenberg, Danie Beaulieu, Steve Andreas, Lynn Lyons, and Reid Wilson for this series of engaging, practice-focused conversations and find out how you can increase your positive outcomes with anxious clients right away. Learn how to:•Organize a first session that mobilizes clients into action and most effectively begins the process of change•Overcome resistances that interferes with anxiety treatment•Integrate neuroscience into therapy with maximum impact•Align your approach to different kinds of anxiety disorders•Help clients shift the way they relate to their own anxiety in ways that radically speed up treatment•Use humor and play to connect most effectively with anxious children and their familiesIntegrate the Latest Innovations into Your PracticeSession 1Motivating the Anxious Client: A Paradoxical Approach David Burns, M.D.Develop a new, powerful approach to shorten anxiety treatment by learning to: David Burns •Recognize the role of both process and outcome resistance in preventing change•Use “paradoxical agenda” setting before assuming that the client is truly seeking change•Discover the hidden emotions that underlie anxiety•Understand the role of magical thinking in maintaining anxiety•Help clients prevent relapseDavid Burns is professor emeritus of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the author of When Panic Attacks and Feeling Good. Session 2The Neurobiology of AnxietyMargaret Wehrenberg, Psy.D.Bring the insights of neuroscience and CBT into your work with anxious clients by exploring: Margaret Wehrenberg •The brain structures and processes that underlie anxiety•The role of the cortex, basal ganglia, anterior cingulate gyrus, and amygdale in worry and anxiety•Methods for calming the parasympathetic nervous system•Worry management, thought stopping, and thought-replacement techniques•How to incorporate mindfulness methods into your approachMargaret Wehrenberg specializes in treating anxiety with a holistic approach for symptom management. She’s the author of The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques. Session 3Interrupting the Anxiety CycleDanie Beaulieu, Ph.D.Expand your range of active, engaging, sensory-based interventions with anxious clients by examining: Danie Beaulieu •The role of thoughts, body responses, and behavior in the Circle of Anxiety•The etiologies of different types of anxiety•A range of metaphors, images, and multisensory interventions to enliven and enrich your work•Ways to teach clients to recognize when anxiety is playing a positive role as a “GPS” response•How to bring nonverbal, experiential methods into the consulting roomDanie Beaulieu is the founder of Academie Impact, a training institute and producer of therapeutic aids, and author of Impact Techniques for Therapists. Session 4Single-Session Cures with Anxiety ProblemsSteve Andreas, M.A.Learn powerful techniques for bringing about immediate and enduring changes in anxiety symptoms by exploring: Steve Andreas •Two dramatic video demonstrations drawn from Neuro-Linguistic Programming•The difference between conscious desire and unconscious response•Clinical methods that focus on injunctive vs. descriptive language•How to shift the structure of experience in the present through the Spinning Feelings Method•Interventions that leverage the power of self-talkSteve Andreas has been teaching and developing methods in Neuro-Linguistic Programming for more than 30 years. His most recent book is Virginia Satir: The Patterns of Her Magic. Session 5Parents, Children, and Anxiety: Changing the Family DanceLynn Lyons, L.I.C.S.W.Discover a 3-step approach to use with anxious kids and their often anxious parents that focuses on: LynnLyons105 •Teaching the family about the interactive processes that reinforce anxiety•Shifting emotional tone through humor and play•Helping families externalize anxiety and develop alternative responses that normalize it•Teaching children to talk back to anxiety and other means of self-soothingLynn Lyons specializes in working with anxiety in children. She is the coauthor Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents. Session 6Defeating PanicReid Wilson, Ph.D.Learn a step-by-step approach to helping clients shift their relationship to panic by: Reid Wilson •Challenging the rules of the “Anxiety Game” that has come to dominate their life•Teaching them how to approach anxiety rather than avoid it•Using absurdity, exaggeration, and caricature to change their relationship with panic•Learning how to motivate clients to proactively seek out opportunities to experience their symptoms•Equipping them with strategies for maintaining their new beliefs and behaviors in the long termReid Wilson is the author of Don’t Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks and Facing Panic: Self-Help for People with Panic Attacks. http://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/Participants of Contest: NowVIP+: TBAPU+: TBAUser: TBA