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Using The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook

Posted: May 17th, 2013, 8:30 am
by shanarchy
I've been seeing a new psychiatrist for the past 3 months, but wanted to add some talk-therapy. I've seen dozens of psychologists and none seem to know how to help me (for whatever reason).
My dear husband suggested that I find my own way since I've been looking for info on the topic for so many years.
I bought Edmund J. Bourne's The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook a few years ago and hadn't look at it until now.
It has step-by-step directions on the following: relaxation techniques, exercise, coping with panic, desensitization, overcoming negative self-talk, changing mistaken beliefs, visualization, assertiveness, self-esteem, nutrition, and others.
I'm at Chapter 5 of 19 now and I'm feeling hopeful about it.
Let's see how it goes.

Re: Using The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook

Posted: May 17th, 2013, 11:25 am
by weary
I had that one for a while and never really got into it. A workbook that I liked better that I used for a while with a previous therapist was called Mind Over Mood by Greenberger and Padesky - this is a CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy)-based workbook dealing with both depression and anxiety.

Other books that have been useful to me have been Reinventing Your Life by Young and Klosko, Emotional Alchemy by Bennet-Goleman, and more recently (still reading it) The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown.