The new techniques to treat the symptoms of anxiety quickly and successfully can be integrated in a standard psychotherapy practice. This book presents highly effective symptom-focused techniques and shows how to apply them to specific diagnostic categories in an outpatient setting. The handbook covers diagnosis, tailoring treatment to particular symptoms, and using medication as a primary or as an adjunctive therapeutic tool. Written for clinicians and providing vivid clinical examples, here are the methods for helping clients overcome anxiety, improve self-esteem, and develop greater assertiveness, feelings of well-being, and higher levels of functioning.