Panic Attacks Workbook: Second Edition: A Guided Program for Beating the Panic Trick, Fully Revised and Updated

by David Carbonell

Overview

Master your anxiety and regain your freedom to drive, travel, and do everything else that panic has taken from you, with proven techniques and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) exercises.

Panic attacks trick millions of people into fearing disaster and giving up so many of the activities they used to enjoy without fear. This practical workbook full of proven strategies and helpful advice on how to master your anxiety and panic is here to help you reclaim your life.

Author and clinical psychologist David Carbonell, PhD, uses his extensive clinical experience to help you understand the true nature of your panic attacks, including the vicious cycle of habitual responses that lead to debilitating attacks, how you can halt this self-destructive process, and the many ways you can start on a step-by-step journey that promotes recovery. Inside you’ll find helpful methods from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) that will help you regain the life you want to live, including:

• Diaphragmatic breathing
• Progressive exposure
• Desensitization
• Mindfulness meditation
• Keeping a panic diary
• Quieting the voice of anticipatory worry
• Stepping out of the struggle with panic
• And much more!

Now you can regain all of the freedoms you enjoyed before panic invaded your life with the research-backed charts, worksheets, and programs featured in Panic Attacks Workbook.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646043330
Publisher:	Ulysses Press
Publication date:	03/29/2022
Series:	Panic Attacks 2nd edition
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

David Carbonell, PhD is a clinical psychologist who specializes in treating anxiety. He is the author of four self-help books: Panic Attacks Workbook, The Worry Trick, Fear of Flying Workbook, and Outsmart Your Anxious Brain: 10 Simple Ways to Beat the Worry Trick. He has taught workshops on the treatment of anxiety disorders to more than 10,000 therapists in the US and abroad and maintains a popular self-help website at AnxietyCoach.com. In his spare time, he is the founding member of The Therapy Players, an improvisational comedy troupe of professional psychotherapists in Chicago.

Table of Contents

Foreword 1

Introduction 3

Part 1 Unmasking the Trick 7

1 The Experience of Panic Attacks 8

2 The True Nature of Panic Attacks 19

3 How Panic Tricks You 28

4 Safety Behaviors: Wolves in Sheepdog Clothing 43

5 Support People 55

6 Deconstructing a Panic Attack: The Mindful Observer 61

7 The Panic Cycle 72

Part 2 Laying the Groundwork for Recovery 95

8 Undoing Secrecy and Shame 96

9 Belly Breathing 108

10 The Ride of Opposite 115

11 Mindfulness Meditation 120

12 Control 125

13 Relating to Fearful Thoughts 130

14 Exposure 140

Part 3 Practicing Exposure 149

15 How to Handle a Panic Attack 150

16 The Panic Diary 163

17 Anticipation 168

18 Creating Your Exposure Program 178

Part 4 Notes on Common Phobias 189

19 Flying 190

20 Public Speaking 203

21 Driving 213

22 Elevators 223

23 Social Anxiety Disorder 229

24 Emetophobia 238

25 Health and Illness Anxiety 243

26 Agoraphobia and Claustrophobia 251

Part 5 Dealing with Related Problems 259

27 Panic after Dark 260

28 Depersonalization and Derealization 265

29 Nervous Sweating 271

Postscript 284

Resources 285

About the Author 287