In recent years, various pharmaceuticals such as anti-
depressants and tranquilizers have been utilized to treat a wide
range of anxiety disorders. This trend, while often immediately
beneficial to the patient, has publicly overshadowed the
therapeutic treatments which are arguably the most effective in
the long run. According to the National Institute of Mental
Health (NIMH), each year roughly nineteen million adults within
the United States experience anxiety disorders—which include
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder (PD), post-
traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), generalized anxiety disorder
(GAD), social anxiety disorder/social phobia, and specific
phobias, such as fear of the outdoors (agoraphobia) or confined
spaces (claustrophobia), among many others
(http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/anxiety.cfm). Although
prescription medications are the fastest method of treating
anxiety disorders, they can have numerous side effects and
consequences. Patients can easily become dependent on
tranquilizers