Michelle Craske, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Date of Birth: 16-Feb-1959
Place of Birth: Tasmania, Australia
Profession: psychologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Michelle Craske
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- Craske (born 1959) is a Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles.
- She is known for her research on anxiety disorders, including phobia and panic disorder, and the use of fear extinction through exposure therapy as treatment.
- Other research focuses on anxiety and depression in childhood and adolescence and the use of cognitive behavioral therapy as treatment.
- Craske served as the past president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy.
- She was a member of the DSM-IV work group on Anxiety Disorders and the DSM-5 work group on Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum, Posttraumatic, and Dissociative Disorders, while chairing the sub-work group on Anxiety Disorders.
- She is the editor-in-chief of Behaviour Research and Therapy.In 2015, Craske received an honorary doctorate from Maastricht University for her work in clinical psychology and experimental psychopathology.
- In 2017, she received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (SSCP), an award given annually to "an individual who has made an extremely important career contribution to the science of clinical psychology."Craske is the author of several academic texts including Anxiety Disorders: Psychological Approaches to Theory and Treatment (1999), The Origins of Phobias and Anxiety Disorders: Why More Women than Men (2003), and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (2009).
- With David Barlow and others, she has authored numerous trade books for clinical practice, such as Mastery of Your Panic and Anxiety, Mastery of Your Fears and Phobias, and Mastery of Your Anxiety and Worry, with workbooks for clients and guides for therapists.
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