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NP0025: Anxiety Free Rebroadcast

Watch Anxiety Sessions For Free!

Free rebroadcasts of Treating Anxiety: The Latest Advances
will be available for 5 days following each session.

Session 6, Defeating Panic
with Reid Wilson, Ph.D.

With Reid Wilson you'll be able to explain why clients’ panic is perpetuated when they flee from it and discuss how to help clients gradually understand how to approach and overcome their anxiety. You'll also be able to understand the significance of helping clients exaggerate, personify, and caricature their feelings of panic.

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Treating Anxiety: The Latest Advances:
Session by Session

David Burns

Session 1, Motivating the Anxious Client: A Paradoxical Approach
with David Burns, M.D.
12pm EDT Friday, September 21st to 12pm Tuesday, September 25th

 
Margaret Wahrenberg

Session 2, The Neurobiology of Anxiety
with Margaret Wahrenberg, Psy.D.
12pm EDT Friday, September 28th to 12pm Tuesday, October 2nd

 
Danie Beaulieu

Session 3, Interrupting the Anxiety Cycle
with Danie Beaulieu, Ph.D.
12pm EDT Friday, October 5th to 12pm Tuesday, October 9th

 
Steve Andreas

Session 4, Single-Session Cures with Anxiety Problems
with Steve Andreas, M.A.
12pm EDT Friday, October 12th to 12pm Tuesday, October 16th

 
Lynn Lyons

Session 5, Parents, Children and Anxiety: Changing the Family Dance
with Lynn Lyons, L.I.C.S.W.
12pm EDT Friday, October 19th to 12pm Tuesday,  October 23rd

 
Reid Wilson

Session 6, Defeating Panic
with Reid Wilson, Ph.D.
12pm EDT Friday, October 26th to 12pm Tuesday, October 30th