Michelle G. Craske

Dr. Craske received her PhD from the University of British Columbia in 1985 and has published over 100 articles and chapters in the areas of anxiety disorders and fear. She recently completed an advanced level text, Anxiety Disorders: Psychological Approaches to Theory and Treatment. Currently, she is professor of psychology in the department of psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and director of the UCLA Anxiety Disorders Behavioral Research Program. She continues to serve on the DSM-IV Anxiety Disorders Workgroup Subcommittee, which is charged with revising the text that accompanies the diagnostic criteria; is a consultant to various national organizations in their efforts to develop and disseminate practice guidelines for panic disorder and other anxiety disorders; and has been awarded NIMH/NIH funds for the study of anxiety disorders. Her research focuses on furthering the understanding of fear and anxiety and in developing more effective treatments for the anxiety disorders.

TITLES:
Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic- Third Edition (2000)
Mastery of Your Anxiety and Worry
Mastery of Your Specific Phobia
Stopping Anxiety Medication- Panic Control Therapy for Benzodiazepine Discontinuation (PCT-BD) (1996)

Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic Third Edition (MAP-3) ©2000. Authors: Michelle G. Craske and David H. Barlow

An updated version of the empirically-based MAP program.

MAP-3 is a systematic cognitive-behavioral program, which uses behavioral self-monitoring to increase awareness of circumstances that trigger panic symptoms. Clients learn specific intervention skills, including how to slow down physiological reactivity though breathing retaining and muscle relaxation training; how to de-catastrophise through actual prediction testing; and how to lessen fearfulness through exposure to feared sensations in safe settings.

Product Information:

THERAPIST
Therapist Guide for MAP-3 and Agoraphobia
Therapist Kit (MAP-3)-- Includes Therapist Guide (MAP-3), Client Workbook (MAP-3), and Client Workbook for Agoraphobia.

CLIENT (Anxiety and Panic)
Client Workbook (MAP-3)
Client Kit (MAP-3)—Includes Client Workbook (MAP-3), Client Monitoring Forms in a binder, and a pad of 50 Panic Attack Record forms.
Client Monitoring Forms Package—Includes Client Monitoring Forms and a pad of 50 Panic Attack Record forms.
Panic Attack Records—Includes 3 pads of 50 each.

CLIENT (Agoraphobia)
Client Workbook for Agoraphobia—Clients using this product should be familiar with the Client Workbook (MAP-3) as well.
Client Kit (Agoraphobia)—Includes Client Monitoring Forms and Client Workbook (Agoraphobia).
Client Monitoring Forms Package (Agoraphobia)—Includes Client Monitoring Forms, and a pad of 50 Panic Attack Record forms.
Combination Kit for MAP-3 and Agoraphobia—Includes Client Workbook (Agoraphobia) and Monitoring Forms (Agoraphobia), Client Workbook (MAP-3) and Monitoring Forms (MAP-3), and a pad of 50 Panic Attack Record forms.

Mastery of Your Anxiety and Worry

Designed to help adults diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder or adults with occasional worries or tension.

This 13-session program incorporates new procedures to help clients learn to monitor their anxiety, gain control, and initiate needed change through cognitive restructuring, progressive muscle relaxation, and direct confrontation of unnecessary worry using imagery and In Vivo Exposure. The videotape helps therapists gain a better understanding of cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder.

Product Information:

Therapist Guide ©1993 Authors: Richard E. Zinbarg, Michelle G. Craske, and David H. Barlow
Client Workbook ©1992 Authors: Michelle G. Craske, David H. Barlow, and Tracy O'Leary
Client Kit —Includes Client Workbook, Client Monitoring Forms, and a pad of 50 Worry Records.
Client Monitoring Forms
Worry Record Forms—5 pads of 50 forms each.
Training Video Tape

Mastery of Your Specific Phobia Authors: Michelle G. Craske, Martin M. Antony, and David H. Barlow

Designed for individuals diagnosed with a specific phobia according to DSM-IV criteria.

Specific phobias are some of the most prevalent anxiety disorders. This book helps clients become active participants as they explore the nature of specific phobias including definitions, prevalence, and causes of phobias. They also learn proven strategies for overcoming phobias including exposure-based and cognitive techniques for reducing fear. This program describes treatment strategies for a variety of specific phobias, including animal phobias, natural environment phobias, situational phobias, blood, injection, injury phobias, and other phobias.

Product Information:
Therapist Guide ©1997
Client Workbook ©1995
Client Kit—Includes Client Workbook and Monitoring Forms.
Monitoring Forms Package—Includes one Client Monitoring Form pad.

Stopping Anxiety Medication

Panic Control Therapy for Benzodiazepine Discontinuation (PCT-BD) ©1996

Designed to help adults suffering from panic disorder who wish to discontinue anxiety medication.

This program is designed for mental health professional treating panic disorder patients wishing to discontinue anxiety medication. The therapist guide addresses collaboration with the prescribing physician, allows successful medication discontinuation, and provides patients with skills for the medicine-free management of panic disorder over the long term.

Product Information:
Therapist Guide. Authors: Michael W. Otto, Jennifer C. Jones, Michelle G. Craske, and David H. Barlow
Client Workbook. Authors: Michael W. Otto, Mark H. Pollack, and David H. Barlow