Amazon.com description: Product Description: This volume presents a practical step-by-step approach for nonpsychologists treating anxiety disorders without the use of tranquilizers. This alternative method is as effective as drug therapy and involves the teaching of anxiety-combatting skills to help these individuals take control of their own symptoms. This proven approach responds to the concern of many practitioners who no longer consider anxiolytic medication to be the treatment of choice due to unwanted side effects and the dangers of psychological dependence.