Ask the Author Q & A: This is What Anxiety Looks Like

David A. Clark, clinical psychologist, researcher, therapist and Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of New Brunswick, Canada received his formal training in behavior therapy and a PhD in 1984 at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, England. He then proceeded to postdoctoral research and clinical training under Dr. Aaron T. Beck at the Center for Cognitive Therapy, University of Pennsylvania. He has coauthored several books on cognitive behavior therapy of anxiety and depression with Dr. Beck, the founder of cognitive therapy, including Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Science and Practice (Guilford, 2012) and The Anxiety & Worry Workbook: The Cognitive Behavioral Solution (2e, Guilford, 2023). He is author of The Anxious Thoughts Workbook (2018, New Harbinger), The Negative Thoughts Workbook (New Harbinger, 2020), and more recently This is What Anxiety Looks Like (New Harbinger, 2024).  He maintains a blog with Psychology Today called the Runaway Mind.

Rachel Siciliano, PhD., is a clinical psychologist and postdoctoral fellow at the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina, and co-chair of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) Suicide and Self-Injury Special Interest Group. She obtained her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Vanderbilt University in 2023. Dr. Siciliano’s research focuses broadly on the impact of stress and traumatic events on youth and families.