New brief therapy aims to ease anxiety in veterans

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Patient Inclusion Criteria: * Veteran, * Age \>=18 years, * Seen in the Syracuse or Western New York VAMC or CBOC primary care clinic in the past 12 months, * Screen positive for current (past 2 weeks) clinically significant anxiety symptoms (\>= 8 on GAD7) Provider Inclusion Criteria: * Current behavioral health provider working in Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) at the VA Syracuse or VA Western New York healthcare system, including full-time, part-time, and trainee status Patient Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to communicate in English (as assessed by study staff); * Hearing impairment that precludes completion of telephone eligibility screening (as assessed by study staff); * Cognitive impairment that precludes informed consent, defined as any of the following: * not able to comprehend the study description or eligibility screening as assessed by study staff, * diagnosis of dementia or severe cognitive impairment per self-report, primary care provider, or Problem List, or * screen positive for cognitive impairment (\>= 3 errors on screener); * Diagnosis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) or serious mental illness (SMI, i.e., psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder) in Problem List; * Encounter diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) within the past 2 years or screen positive for PTSD (\>= 4 for men or \>= 5 for women on the Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5; * Currently in psychotherapy/counseling for anxiety and/or depression, defined as any of the following within the past 30 days: * attending \>= 1 non-intake specialty mental health session, * attending \>= 2 PCMHI sessions, or * being hospitalized for mental health treatment; * Current (past 2 weeks) severe depressive symptoms (\>= 20 on PHQ9); * At imminent risk of suicide, defined as being in need of intensive treatment (e.g., hospitalization) to ensure safety, based on study staff's suicide risk assessment (verified by the PI); * Started or had dosage change in psychotropic medication for anxiety or depression in the past 30 days Provider Exclusion Criteria: * None