Updated Calmer Life Program for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Anxiety

About the Updated Calmer Life Program for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Anxiety

Updated Calmer Life manuals were published in 2024. These materials adapted and reworked the original Calmer Life Program to become “practice-ready” and include illustrations, modified patient vignettes, and changes to language and style. The patient manual includes more detailed instructions for utilizing the resources as guided self-help and completing homework assignments that correspond to each skill. The reworked materials were the result of a collaboration between Maribel Plasencia, PhD, Raquel D. Gonzalez, BA, Nicte Donis, BS, Jennifer Lee, BA, and Jeffrey Cully, PhD. Illustrations were created by Raquel D. Gonzalez, BA.

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