Arthur E. Jongsma, Jr., PHD, is the Series Editor for the bestselling PracticePlanners®. Since 1971, he has provided professional mental health services to both inpatient and outpatient clients. He was the founder and director of Psychological Consultants, a group private practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for twenty-five years. He is the author or coauthor of over forty books and conducts training workshops for mental health professionals around the world.Timothy J. Bruce, PHD, is Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Peoria, Illinois, where he also directs medical student education and serves as associate director of the psychiatry residency training program. Highly recognized as a clinician-educator, Dr. Bruce has received nearly thirty awards for teaching over his career.

• Introduction viiChapter 1 What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder? 1Chapter 2 What Are the Six Steps in Building a Treatment Plan? 5Chapter 3 What Is the Brief History of the Empirically Supported Treatments Movement? 7Chapter 4 What Are the Identified Empirically Supported Treatments for Generalized Anxiety Disorder? 12Chapter 5 How Do You Integrate Empirically Supported Treatments into Treatment Planning? 23Chapter 6 What Are Considerations for Relapse Prevention? 46Closing Remarks and Resources 49Appendix A A Sample Evidence-Based Treatment Plan for Generalized Anxiety Disorder 51Appendix B chapter Review Test Questions and Answers Explained 54

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