Here is the long-awaited book that is the first to present a comprehensive cognitive model for understanding and treating anxiety disorders and phobias. "This important book lays the groundwork for cognitive therapy of phobias and a nxiety disorders and offers promise for significant advances in therapeutics".--Gerald L. Klerman, Harvard Medical School. "Indispensable reading for students and experienced practitioners alike".--Hans H. Strupp, Vanderbilt University. Notes, Appendixes and Index.