How To Control Your Anxiety Before It Controls You

Author: Albert Ellis
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 080653804X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
Learn to manage your anxiety with this classic self-help book from a respected pioneer of psychotherapy. From social anxiety to phobias to post-traumatic stress disorder, sources of anxiety in daily life are numerous, and can have a powerful impact on your future. By following the rules of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), created by world renowned therapist Dr. Albert Ellis, you can stop anxiety in its tracks if you will admit this important fact: Things and people do not make you anxious. You do. Your unrealistic expectations produce your needless anxiety. Yet not all anxiety is needless . . . Healthy anxiety can ward off dangers and make you aware of negative things that you can change. Unhealthy anxiety inhibits you from enjoying everyday activities and relationships, causes you to perform poorly, and blocks your creativity. Using the easy-to-master, proven precepts of REBT, this classic book not only helps you distinguish between healthy and unhealthy anxiety, but teaches you how to: • Understand and dispute the irrational beliefs that make you anxious • Use a variety of exercises, including rational coping self-statements, reframing, problem-solving methods, and Unconditional Self-Acceptance (USA), to control your anxiety • Apply over two hundred maxims to control your anxious thinking as well as your bodily reactions to anxiety . . . and much more, including examples from dozens of cases Dr. Ellis treated successfully. Now you can overcome the crippling effects of anxiety—and increase your prospects for success, pleasure, and happiness at home and in the workplace. “No individual—not even Freud himself—has had a greater impact on modern psychotherapy.” —Psychology Today

Take Control of Your Anxiety

Author: Christopher Cortman
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN: 1601634048
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
A Non-Pharmaceutical, Evidence-Based Approach to Mastering Anxiety and Living a Productive, Well-Balanced Life Do you know what really triggers panic attacks? Are you aware of what thinking patterns create anxiety? Are you a chronic worrier? Have you ever self-medicated with alcohol or tranquilizers? According to mental health professionals, anxiety disorders have emerged as the common cold of mental illness. Every family is touched in some way or another by anxiety issues and, with ever-increasing frequency, diagnosable anxiety disorders. In Take Control of Your Anxiety--an easy-to-read, self-help book for the layperson--Drs. Cortman, Shinitzky, and O'Connor present the current understanding of anxiety: its genesis in the brain, its functions and contributions to human survival and growth, and its progression to pathology. Each of the five major anxiety disorders is featured in a chapter that explores its etiology, practical steps and exercises for successful resolution, and real-life case studies of patients who have overcome the disorder. The authors use some levity to teach their concepts, including Dr. Seuss-like poems, popular music parodies, and other easy-to-remember aids. A tool box of simple resources and self-help techniques is also included. Most importantly, the authors emphasize a non-pharmaceutical, evidence-based approach to mastering anxiety issues and living a productive, well-balanced life.

Stop Anxiety from Stopping You

Author: Helen Odessky
Publisher: Mango Media Inc.
ISBN: 1633535479
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 190

Book Description
In this #1 bestseller, a psychologist shares “excellent ideas” to stop the anxiety that holds you back from a happy life (Psych Central). Our pace of life has increased exponentially, and we’re often too busy or preoccupied to attend to our emotions—until they hit with the strength of a tornado. When signs of anxiety and panic appear, they ravage our lives, our dreams, and our spirit. Dr. Helen Odessky, Psy.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist who runs a private practice in Chicago focused on anxiety, OCD, and panic treatment. In this book, Dr. Odessky gives you a six-step framework and practical real-life strategies that work, drawn from her years of clinical experience. You will learn about: Understanding the process of anxiety Recognizing the signs of anxiety How to overcome anxiety How to stop panic attacks How to treat anxiety for lasting results

Taking Control of Anxiety

Author: Bret A. Moore
Publisher: American Psychological Association
ISBN: 1433817489
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description
Anxiety is the most common mental disorder in the United States, with an estimated 40 million adult sufferers. The anti-anxiety drug Xanax is the nation’s most-prescribed drug. But drugging anxious Americans is not a solution to the problem of anxiety. Taking Control of Anxiety shows that there are many other proven ways to treat anxiety. This is a “self help book” in the best sense of the term—conversational in tone, supportive, and filled with simple tips and suggestions that can help people reduce their own anxieties.

Anxious in Love

Author: Carolyn Daitch
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
ISBN: 1608822338
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 142

Book Description
Healthy relationships require trust, intimacy, effective communication, and understanding. However, if you suffer from chronic anxiety you may have trouble dealing with everyday conflicts and tensions that can arise in relationships. No matter how committed you are, anxiety can leave you feeling distanced from your partner. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to overcome the anxiety-fueled reactions that keep you from achieving true closeness in your relationship. Written by two experts on anxiety disorders, Anxious in Love offers easy-to-use techniques for calming anxieties and strengthening communication in your relationship. With this book, you will learn to stay centered when faced with conflict, understand your partner’s perspective, and become more independent. By changing the way you react to triggers and stress, you will be able to focus on enjoying time with the one you love, without anxiety getting in the way.

My Anxious Mind

Author: Michael Anthony Tompkins
Publisher: American Psychological Association
ISBN: 1433810905
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 189

Book Description
My Anxious Mind helps teens take control of their anxious feelings by providing cognitive behavioral strategies to tackle anxiety head-on and to feel more confident and empowered in the process. It also offers ways for teens with anxiety to improve their inter-personal skills, manage stress; handle panic attacks; use diet and exercise appropriately; and decide whether medication is right for them.

How To Control Your Anger Before It Controls You

Author: Albert Ellis
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 0806538023
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 227

Book Description
Don't let anger harm your health, career, and relationships: “No individual—not even Freud himself—has had a greater impact on modern psychotherapy.” —Psychology Today Anger is universal. Unchecked, it can cause lasting damage in our lives: wrecked relationships, lost jobs, even serious disease. Yet in these increasingly stressful times, all of us have acted in anger—and often wished we hadn't. Is there a way that really works to solve problems and assert ourselves without being angry? The answer is a resounding yes, if you follow the breakthrough steps of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). This proven approach, developed by world-renowned psychotherapist Dr. Albert Ellis, has withstood the test of time, helping countless people deal effectively with emotional problems. Using easy-to-master instructions and exercises, this classic book will show you how to apply REBT techniques to understand the roots and nature of your anger, and take control of and reduce angry reactions. Here you will discover: The rational and irrational aspects of anger Special insights into your self-angering beliefs How to think, feel, and act your way out of anger How to relax How to accept yourself with your anger . . and much more that will help you challenge and eliminate the anger that can frustrate success and happiness at home, at work, anywhere.

Overcoming the Fear of Fear

Author: Margo C. Watt
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
ISBN: 1572245581
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
Discusses the phenomenon called anxiety sensitivity, a fear of the physical symptoms that lead to anxiety, including its contribution to anxiety disorders and a treatment plan to conquer it.

What to Do When You Worry Too Much

Author: Dawn Huebner
Publisher: American Psychological Association
ISBN: 1433838591
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42

Book Description
What to Do When You Worry Too Much guides children and parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of anxiety. Lively metaphors and humorous illustrations make the concepts and strategies easy to understand, while clear how-to steps and prompts to draw and write help children to master new skills related to reducing anxiety. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering kids to overcoming their overgrown worries. Engaging, encouraging, and easy to follow, this book educates, motivates, and empowers children to work towards change. Includes a note to parents by psychologist and author Dawn Huebner, PhD.

The Instant Mood Fix

Author: Olivia Remes
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473592496
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
'Science-led and packed with practical tips, this book will change your life for the better' Fearne Cotton As seen on TedTalk - over 2 million views ________________________________ When panic strikes, grab this book. University of Cambridge mental health researcher Dr. Olivia Remes has spent the past decade uncovering the secrets to reducing anxiety, stress and panic. In this short, no-nonsense book, Dr Olivia gives you 50 simple, science-based solutions to fight the moods that hold us all back. Targeting everything from overwhelm to indecision and anxiety to lack of motivation, these unexpected tips and tricks will help you relieve the pressure in the short term and experience long-term post-traumatic growth. Designed to dip in and out of when you need it most, this book will help you tame your worries and reclaim control. No more procrastination, avoiding situations, or blaming yourself - The Instant Mood Fix empowers you to feel calm, confident and resilient.