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Robert L. Leahy, Ph.D., is the author of Anxiety Free and The Worry Cure. He is Clinical Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at Weill-Cornell Medical School and Director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy. See full bio

June 6, 2008, Anxiety

Taking the Blinders Off: Knowing What You Should Really Worry About

What should you really worry about?

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