Anxiety & Phobia Workbook 4th by Edmund J. Bourne

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  • Pub. Date: May 2005
  • 432pp
  • Sales Rank: 1,828

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    • Pub. Date: May 2005
    • Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Inc
    • Format: Paperback, 432pp
    • Sales Rank: 1,828

    Synopsis

    Since its first edition in 1990, The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook has sold more than 600,000 copies. Its engaging exercises and worksheets have helped millions of readers make real progress in overcoming problems with anxiety and phobic disorders. The Authoritative Guide to Self-Help Resources in Mental Health (Norcross, et al., 2003) gave the book its highest rating and praised it as "a highly regarded and widely known resource." Thousands of mental health and medical professionals recommend this book to their clients and patients every year. Simply put, it is the single finest source of self-help information on its topic available anywhere.

    The text of this edition has been fully revised and expanded and includes two new chapters: a discussion of physical conditions that can aggravate anxiety and an overview of the use of mindfulness practice in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder and some forms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. As in previous editions, the book offers the most up-to-date information on medications, natural supplements, and complementary strategies that can alleviate anxiety symptoms. The sections on relaxation, nutrition, and exercise have all been updated and broadened.

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    This book excels not only in explaining the cause and nature of anxiety disorders and phobias but also in describing treatments. Director of the Anxiety Treatment Center in Santa Rosa (California), Bourne emphasizes the cognitive-behavioral model of treatment but includes information on biopsychiatry, intense psychotherapy, and spirituality as additional treatment modalities. This is truly a "workbook," with exercises designed to facilitate recovery, either through private use or in conjunction with professional therapy. If your library already owns the 1990 edition and money is an object, you can probably pass on this revision, which updates the definitions of anxiety and phobia so that they conform with the new DSM-IV diagnostic criteria and includes new information on the biological causes of anxiety and related treatment developments. However, if your collection lacks a good lay reader's book on anxiety and phobia, this is an excellent choice.Jennifer Amador, Central State Hosp. Medical Lib., Petersburg, Va.

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    Biography

    Edmund J. Bourne, Ph.D., has specialized in the treatment of anxiety disorders and related problems for two decades. For many years, he was director of the Anxiety Treatment Center in San Jose and Santa Rosa, CA. His bestselling anxiety workbooks, which have helped hundreds of thousands of readers throughout the world, include The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook, Beyond Anxiety and Phobia, Coping with Anxiety, and Natural Relief for Anxiety. He lives in Larkspur, CA.

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    Helpful Tool for Everyoneby AislingWoodehame

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    July 29, 2009: This workbook is packed full of helpful information for those suffering from anxiety disorders or crippling phobias. The workbook can be used with the assistance of a therapist/counselor, or the exercises can be done on their own if finding counseling is difficult.

    It's also helpful for friends and family members of those with anxiety and phobia disorders. The workbook is filled with comprehensive, clear explanations of how anxieties and phobias develop, and how to respond to a friend or family member who is overwhelmed by an anxiety disorder or a phobia.

    While including clinical information, Bourne also emphasizes the connection of body and mind and shows how the body can affect the mind, and vice-versa. The clinical explanations teaches how to use specific physical techniques to regain control of the body by focusing on the autonomic nervous system. Our autonomic nervous system controls our respiration, heartbeat, and our "fight or flight" instincts. Bourne shows us how our "fight or flight" instincts can overwhelm the mind and body which creates anxiety and phobic disorders. He then shows us how to regain control of our mind-body connection through the use of deep breathing, meditation, journaling, exercise, biofeedback, therapy, and some medications.

    I have had Generalized Anxiety Disorder since a Traumatic Brain Injury when I was fifteen (I am now 34). Bourne's book has been a tremendous help over the past two years as my therapist and I have used parts of it to help me over rough and scary times in my life, such as when my mother was diagnosed with cancer or when I needed to learn how to set boundaries between myself and other people. I also go through the workbook on my own and choose information to read and exercises to do depending on what's happening in my life. This book is an excellent tool for anyone who suffers from anxiety, panic, or phobic disorders, as well as their friends and family members.

    A Much Needed Bookby thelaughingdog

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    February 18, 2009: This book is extremely helpful for anyone suffering from depression, anxiety or both. Comprehensive and accessible, it fully illustrates the mental illnesses that many people suffer from, seemingly alone. Well, if you decide to buy this book, you will know right out that you are NOT alone. Dr. Bourne provides insight to the diseases themselves as well as several treatments from the conventional, like drugs, exercise and a healthy diet (a depression-anxiety specific diet), to the alternative medicines, such as yoga and deep relaxation techniques. To the person who wants to change his or her lifestyle from anxious to calm, this book is definitely for you.

    I Also Recommend: I Don't Want to Talk About It, Yoga for Depression, The Fear Book, How You Do Anything Is How You Do Everything, Depression Book.


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