Your Name Is Not Anxious: A Very Personal Guide to Putting Anxiety in Its Place

by Stephanie Dowrick

Overview

A deeply personal guide to putting anxiety in its place by award-winning author and psychotherapist Dr. Stephanie Dowrick

Anxiety is the most treatable of all our psychological challenges. Yet more and more of us are anxious, and familiar treatments can feel impossible to access or plainly inadequate.

With a radical whole-self, whole-body approach, and the courage to tell her own story, Dr. Stephanie Dowrick puts knowledge and power back where it belongs: in your hands. Based on a rare depth of research and insight, Your Name Is Not Anxious offers an informed, compassionate perspective to help readers facing the loss of confidence and resilience that comes with chronic or acute anxiety.

Using the power of story and the latest research, readers will learn to:
- Calm the body
- Quiet the mind
- End self-blame and helplessness
- Radically reduce stress
- Understand the power of mind-body-brain links

Even in the most difficult circumstances, immediate change is possible. Dr. Dowrick’s commitment, wisdom, and honesty shows you how.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250355171
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/21/2025
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 7.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Stephanie Dowrick, PhD, D.Min, has won major US awards for three of her books: Choosing Happiness: Life & soul essentials, Creative Journal Writing, and Heaven on Earth. A former leading publisher and psychotherapist, her much-loved best-sellers also include Intimacy & Solitude, Forgiveness and Other Acts of Love, The Universal Heart, Seeking the Sacred, and Everyday Kindness. She has written fiction for adults and children, contributes widely to mainstream and social media, and is known for her public speaking and workshop/retreat leadership in person and via Zoom, benefitting many hundreds each year. Stephanie was born in Aotearoa/New Zealand, spent sixteen years in Europe, mainly in the UK where she co-founded The Women’s Press in London. She now lives in Australia and makes active use of global social media. www.stephaniedowrick.com

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Stephanie Dowrick

"Stephanie Dowrick is a lilting genius of the inner worlds." —SARK

"Through thoughtful observations and compelling stories, [Stephanie] Dowrick models for the reader an effective way to consider the journey toward love of others and of self." —Publishers Weekly

"Stephanie Dowrick is a godsend. Her gift is the ability to write in a manner that genuinely enriches and changes lives." —Nigel Marsh, host of Five of My Life

"Dr. Stephanie Dowrick makes the hard questions simple. She makes the impossible real and possible. Her wisdom is contagious." —Paul Wilson, author of the Calm books

"She offers penetrating insights into some of the most complex paradoxes in human relationships." —The Guardian (UK)

"One of the most authentic teachers of our time." —Tao de Haas, psychotherapy coach

"I love her combination of practical advice, connection, strategy, and research." —Kathryn Heyman, author of Fury

"Like the great sages, Dowrick is aware that the progress from denial to understanding is a lengthy one, and that true wisdom comes from experiencing all that life can bring and reflecting deeply upon it." —Anne French, The Listener

"Since I was a teenager, Stephanie Dowrick's work has been absolutely central to my understanding of the possibility of happiness." —Clare Bowditch, musician and author

"Ultimately it is Dowrick's honesty, combined with her huge heart, that lifts her above others." —Claire Scobie, Sydney Morning Herald

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