Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders

400 TREATMENT OF SPECIFIC ANXIETY DISORDERS

ACTIVATION OF

THREAT AND

VULNERABILITY

SCHEMAS

THREAT INTERPRETATION AT TENTIONAL THREAT BIAS

BIAS

Search for

Safety/Problem Solving

THREAT AND

VULNERABILITY

REAPPRAISAL

[WORRY]

Personal Goals and

Concerns

AUTOMATIC INTRUSIVE

THOUGHTS OF THREAT AND

UNCERTAINTY

EVOCATIVE PHASE

AUTOMATIC

PROCESSING

PHASE

ELABORATIVE

PROCESSING

PHASE

Metacognitive

Appraisal

HEIGHTENED STATE OF GENERAL DISTRESS

Deliberate Thought

Control Efforts

Psychological

Event(s) Vulnerability

figure 10.1. Cognitive model of generalized anxiety disorder.