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Tools

For many anxious individuals, it is optimal to have a variety of tools to fight your anxiety. Having a variety of tools enables you to have more than one option if a particular tool proves insufficient to reduce unwanted anxiety, or if you feel a specific tool doesn't work. While we encourage you to select tools that are most likely to be effective for each specific type of anxiety, the difficulties some individuals face may not fit neatly into a single category. The following list is a complete set of tools. You can choose from among this list those tools and worksheets that will best address your specific needs.