The book, unique in the field of cognitive behavioral therapy, includes techniques and tools not only for the new but also for the experienced therapist. A leader in his field, Robert L. Leahy describes ways in which therapists will help clients identify and modify their problematic thoughts, core beliefs, and patterns of anxious thinking, self-criticism, acceptance seeking, and anger. Following the introduction are 121 useful techniques and 123 essential forms ready for use in clinical practice. Specifically, the techniques address the elicitation, evaluation and testing of thoughts, as well as assumptions and norms, and the examination of information processing and logical errors. In the second part, the techniques address decision making, the assessment of intrusive thoughts found in obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, health anxiety, somato-dysmorphic disorder and depression, as well as the modification of anxious thoughts and rumination. The main part of the book concludes with techniques dealing with perceiving things through the right perspective, managing nuclear patterns and emotional regulation techniques. The last four chapters are devoted to specific