Treating individuals with debilitating performance anxiety: An introduction

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 801-808

  Powell, Douglas H ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior therapy; Cognitive therapy; Performance anxiety; Social phobia; Treatment methods

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATHLETE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CAREER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EXAMINATION; FEAR; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMAGERY; INTERNET; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDITATION; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ANXIETY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY; WRITING;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; MUSIC; SPEECH; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; WRITING;

EID: 3242793309     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20038     Document Type: Review

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