John Ludgate, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist, who has worked as a psychotherapist for more than 30 years and specializes in treating mood, anxiety, relationship, and psychosexual disorders. As well as having an active clinical practice, he is involved in training and supervision in CBT. Dr. Ludgate has written numerous journal articles and book chapters in the field of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety and Depression, most recently contributing a chapter on Relapse Prevention to the Handbook of CBT (2021) published by the American Psychological Association. He has presented many seminars and workshops on cognitive behavioral approaches, both nationally and internationally.
Over several decades, what we now describe as health anxiety was termed hypochondriasis in several editions of the DSM (initially classified as a neurosis in early editions of DSM, in later editions up to 2013, and later issues classified under Somatoform Disorder). Also, this term is used in the common language. What...
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