Course of Marie’s Treatment
Chapter 7 concludes the manual with the case presentation of Marie’s treatment. Marie, who was introduced at the beginning of the manual, is a 14-year-old ninth-grader with anxious inhibitions arising from her history of being bullied. She presented with a two-and-a-half-year history of severe primary social anxiety disorder, with comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder, agoraphobia, and separation anxiety disorder, with episodes of dizziness and crying and inability to speak in any situation outside of her home or school classes. The authors describe how Marie’s treatment unfolded, the salient developments during the three phases of treatment, and how the particular use of understanding recurrent nightmares became a turning point in her treatment.