Anxiety-based disorders can be crippling and terrifying for the sensitive, intense gifted child. Truly insidious, with bona fide indicators eluding easy diagnosis - especially for the gifted - anxiety symptoms fall on a continuum ranging from mild to severe. Extreme occurrences fully incapacitate while more mild symptoms masquerade in countless ways: as perfectionism, hyper-vigilance, underachievement, and forms of self-abuse. Co-occurrence with depression and other maladies complicate diagnoses and recovery rates. In this interactive and probing session, parents, educators and mental health professionals receive compelling case study material depicting symptom profiles, multi-modal therapeutic protocols, and powerful strategies to combat anxiety and increase resilience.