Overcoming Anxiety, 2nd Edition: A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques

by Helen Kennerley

Overview

HIGHLY COMMENDED for the British Medical Awards book prize for Popular Medicine

Fully updated edition of the bestselling self-help book, now recommended on the national Reading Well scheme.

This ever-popular guide offers a self-help programme, written by one of the UK's leading authorities on anxiety and based on CBT, for those suffering from anxiety problems. A whole range of anxieties and fears are explained, from panic attacks and phobias to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and generalised anxiety. It includes an introduction to the nature of anxiety and stress and a complete self-help programme with monitoring sheets based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.


The following websites may offer useful further information on anxiety disorders:


www.social-anxiety.org.uk


www.stress.org.uk


www.triumphoverphobia.com

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849018784
Publisher:	Little, Brown Book Group
Publication date:	04/05/2022
Series:	Overcoming Books Series
Edition description:	UK ed.
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.12(w) x 7.87(h) x 1.12(d)

About the Author

Dr Helen Kennerley works as a consultant at the highly regarded Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre. In 2002 she was shortlisted by the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies for the award of most influential female cognitive therapist in Britain. She is the author of Overcoming Anxiety, Overcoming Childhood Trauma and How to Beat Your Fears and Worries.

Editorial Reviews

'It's hard to estimate just how many people, whose lives are secretly blighted by fears and insecurities, will draw inspiration from this sensible, down-to-earth guide.', Time Out

'Excellent self-help book', Yes Magazine

Indispensable guide for friends and families, psychologists, and those working in the medical profession.—Glasgow Herald

The best consumer-friendly CBT-based books...All are very thorough.—Michele Kirsch, Observer

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