The Cognitive Model of Anxiety

Based on Clark & Beck (2010)

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This is a simplified version of Beck’s revised (generic) cognitive model of anxiety, based on his distinction between three main stages of the anxiety response: initial perception of threat, automatic responses to threat, and deliberate attempts to cope with threat.  Try to answer the questions below to help formulate an understanding of how your anxiety might function and be maintained.

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