The Monster in the Cave

Respected scholars David Mellinger and Steven Jay Lynn offer a menu of techniques to help confront and calm your fears, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, SSRI antidepressants, and their own step-by-step approach that applies the time-tested principles of reverse engineering to help you understand the inner workings of your anxiety and rebuild your reactions from the ground up. With inspiring real-life stories, state-of-the-art scientific information, and straightforward advice for sufferers, this book shows readers how to free themselves from conditions ranging from simple phobias to crippling agoraphobia-and start living the life they want.

David Mellinger, a board-certified diplomate clinical social worker, has devoted his career to the integration of innovative anxiety theories and evidence-based therapeutics into programs that have helped hundreds of men and women recover from debilitating anxiety.

Steven Jay Lynn, a licensed psychologist and diplomate in clinical and forensic psychology, is an internationally recognized researcher, scholar, and clinician who has published more than two hundred books, articles, and chapters.