Kendall and Choudhury (2003, cited in Sofronoff, Attwood, & Hinton, 2005) highlighted the importance of parental involvement when using CBT with their children. Mendlowitz et al. (1999, cited in Sofronoff et al.) found that implementing a therapy session that allowed parents to be involved could potentially show changes in the child's condition and increased use of adaptive coping strategies in children. This suggests that allowing parents to attend therapy sessions plays a vital role in terms of effectively treating children's anxiety disorders. Howard and Kendall (1996, cited in Barrett, Duffy, Dadds, & Rapee) found that implementing a family CBT program resulted in major improvements at the end of treatment. When Barrett, Dadds, and Rapee (1996) compared child-only CBT and child-only CBT plus family anxiety management training, it was found that both conditions indicated major improvement. Improvements made after treatment were generally maintained over a period of 5 to 7 years, thus validating the study results. This draws attention to the effectiveness of CBT in the long term. Although improvements only occur when therapy sessions are continuous and consistent over time, therapies do not provide a permanent cure for mental disorders or illnesses, but are simply