References & Research

General Evidence-Based Psychotherapy

American Psychological Association. (2021). Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology.https://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/evidence-based-statement

David, D., Cristea, I. A., & Hofmann, S. G. (2018). Why cognitive behavioral therapy is the current gold standard of psychotherapy. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00004

Fear Learning & The Amygdala

Craske, M. G., Treanor, M., Conway, C. C., Zbozinek, T., & Vervliet, B. (2014). Maximizing exposure therapy: An inhibitory learning approach. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 58, 10–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2014.04.006

LeDoux, J. E. (1996). The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life. Simon & Schuster.

LeDoux, J. E. (2000). Emotion circuits in the brain. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 23, 155–184. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.neuro.23.1.155

Phelps, E. A., & LeDoux, J. E. (2005). Contributions of the amygdala to emotion processing: From animal models to human behavior. Neuron, 48(2), 175–187.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed., text rev.; DSM-5-TR).

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. (2020). Generalised Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder in Adults: Management (CG113).https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg113

Dugas, M. J., & Robichaud, M. (2007). Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: From Science to Practice. Routledge.

Koerner, N., & Dugas, M. J. (2006). A cognitive model of generalized anxiety disorder: The role of intolerance of uncertainty. In G. C. L. Davey & A. Wells (Eds.), Worry and Its Psychological Disorders.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Abramowitz, J. S., Taylor, S., & McKay, D. (2009). Obsessive-compulsive disorder. The Lancet, 374(9688), 491–499.

Aardema, F., O'Connor, K. P., Audet, J.-S., et al. (2022). Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy versus Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Exposure and Response Prevention for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

O'Connor, K. P., & Aardema, F. (2012). Clinician's Handbook for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Inference-Based Therapy. Wiley-Blackwell.

Pauls, D. L., Abramovitch, A., Rauch, S. L., & Geller, D. A. (2014). Obsessive-compulsive disorder: An integrative genetic and neurobiological perspective. Nature Reviews Disease Primers.

Psychoeducation & Neuroscience

Pittman, C. M., & Karle, E. M. (2015). Rewire Your Anxious Brain. New Harbinger Publications.

Pittman, C. M., & Youngs, W. H. (2021). Rewire Your OCD Brain. New Harbinger Publications.