Robert L. Leahy, Ph.D.

Robert L. Leahy (B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Yale University), is the President of the International Association of Cognitive Psychotherapy, President of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, Director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy (NYC), Clinical Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at Weill-Cornell University Medical School, and Associate Editor of The International Journal of Cognitive Therapy. He was recently elected to be President-Elect of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy.

He is author and editor of sixteen books, including Treatment Plans and Interventions for Depression and Anxiety Disorders, Overcoming Resistance in Cognitive Therapy, Bipolar Disorder: A Cognitive Therapy Approach Cognitive Therapy Techniques, Roadblocks in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Psychological Treatments of Bipolar Disorder, Contemporary Cognitive Therapy, The Therapeutic Relationship in the Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapies (ed. with Gilbert) and The Worry Cure which received critical praise from the New York Times and has been selected by Self Magazine as one of the top eight self-help books of all time. His newest book is Anxiety Free.

He has been featured in The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Forbes, Fortune, Newsweek, Psychology Today, Washington Post, Redbook, Shape, First for Women, Women's Health, Self Magazine, USA Today Magazine and he has appeared on national and local radio and on television (20/20, Good Morning America, and The Early Show). Dr. Leahy's new self-help book, Anxiety Free: Unravel Your Fears Before They Unravel You, will be published in the Fall of 2008. You can visit his website by clicking here.

His PT blog is Anxiety Files.