Proven-effective tools for when you feel like the world is closing in on you. Anxiety has many faces. It can look like chronic avoidance, rumination, fear of uncertainty, reassurance seeking, catastrophic thinking, or fear of losing control. There’s more than a dozen recognized categories of anxiety, but they all have one thing in common—they all get in the way of living your life. Your work suffers, your family suffers, you suffer. But you don’t have to. Written by psychologist and anxiety expert David A. Clark, this essential guide offers targeted, proven solutions to take charge of your anxiety— and your life. This is What Anxiety Looks Like dives right into relatable case studies, using a story-based approach to help you overcome the 13 most common causes of anxiety, so you can live with less worry and fear. Drawing on powerful and evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and grounded in decades of research and clinical experience, Clarke offers real-world tips and strategies to help you find the relief you’re seeking—starting right now. With this guide, you’ll also learn to: Identify the disturbing thoughts and habits that make your anxiety worse - Use targeted skills to manage your symptoms - Break the cycle of anxiety, worry, and catastrophic thinking - Find lasting calm and peace of mind   In our increasingly uncertain world, there’s plenty to worry about. But you can move past the mental habits that shape your anxiety—no matter what it looks like. This book will help you get started today. “With colorful examples of people experiencing anxiety who readers will certainly identify with, David A. Clark expertly describes the most common psychological processes that underlie chronic anxiety. Even better, he identifies the best and most evidence-based strategies for counteracting each of these processes. A must-have book for anyone starting their journey toward an anxiety-free life.”  —Peter J. Norton, PhD , professor of psychology at the Cairnmillar Institute in Australia, and author of The Anti-Anxiety Program and Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety “In This Is What Anxiety Looks Like , Clark writes an exceptionally clear and engaging volume on the personal stories of people suffering with anxiety. Working from the inside-out, Clark focuses on the key psychological mechanisms maintaining each person’s specific anxiety cycle, and then carefully and elegantly demonstrates how step-by-step cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) treatment strategies were delivered to target these mechanisms and reduce anxiety. This wonderful book is recommended for anyone seeking to better understand the nature, causes, and successful treatment of anxiety.”  —Neil A. Rector, PhD , professor in the departments of psychiatry and psychological clinical science at the University of Toronto; director of the Forest Hill Centre for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Toronto, ON, Canada; and coauthor of The Aging Well Workbook for Anxiety and Depression “This is what a self-help book looks like: modern, easy, and accessible to everyone. Written in an engaging and straightforward way without any jargon, it’s packed with the latest insights on anxiety treatment. Perfect for the general population since it tackles the everyday anxiety we all face. Practical tips make it incredibly useful, and it’s absolutely not tedious. It truly raises the standard for quality in self-help books!”  —Claudio Sica, PhD , professor of clinical psychology at the University of Florence in Italy, and author/editor of about ninety international publications on anxiety and personality disorders “A brilliant decision to identify twelve core processes common in most anxiety presentations. The strategies identified to address these maintaining factors are sensible, easily understood, and spot-on! Clark’s clinical wisdom and expertise are on full display. If anxiety interferes with how you want to live your life, you will find many helpful gems in these pages. Anxiety is manageable, and Clark shows the reader how to do it.”  —Maureen L. Whittal, PhD , associate clinical professor at the University of British Columbia, and cofounder of Anxiety Canada “In This Is What Anxiety Looks Like , Clark masterfully distils cutting-edge therapeutic techniques into easy-to-understand language. Real individuals (composites of Clark’s cases) model different problems and their solutions, offering compelling demonstrations of how readers can address their own anxiety. Drawing on a lifetime of expertise, Clark weaves relatable stories, offering practical paths for self-help. There has never been a book like this before, so rich and yet so accessible.”  —Gary P. Brown, PhD , professor of clinical psychology at the Royal Holloway University of London “This evidence-based book dissects anxiety piece by piece, offering relatable insights into its driving forces. Each chapter focuses on a specific anxiety-fueling element, expl