Download or read book Stepping Out Agoraphobia Hope written by Charles K. Bunch, Ph.D. and published by Spiral Fractal Soul. This book was released on with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step out to your destiny of creativity, exploring, traveling and socializing with 54 affirmations fully explained. Each is a summary of the needed recovery tools. Agoraphobia is the fear of being away from a safe place or safe person. 6% of all persons have this. As quickly as agoraphobia can snowball to restrict a life, it can be countered and reversed. Dr. Bunch shows you how via 54 interesting Affirmation. Dr. Bunch has been treating agoraphobia for over 25 years and is aware what treatment works and what is a waste of time. This book is a summary of that work. Charles K. Bunch, PhD, is a clinical therapist, and director of Boise Bipolar Center. He is an author of other books, including Soft Bipolar Suffering.

Download or read book Hope and Help for Your Nerves written by Claire Weekes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling step-by-step guide that will show you how to break the cycle of fear and cure your feelings of panic and anxiety. My heart beats too fast. My hands tremble and sweat. I feel like there’s a weight on my chest. My stomach churns. I have terrible headaches. I can't sleep. Sometimes I can't even leave my house.... These common symptoms of anxiety are “minor” only to the people who don't suffer from them. But to the millions they affect, these problems make the difference between a happy, healthy life and one of crippling fear and frustration. In Hope and Help for Your Nerves, Dr. Claire Weekes offers the results of years of experience treating real patients—including some who thought they'd never recover. With her simple, step-by-step guidance, you will learn how to understand and analyze your own symptoms of anxiety and find the power to conquer your fears for good.

Download or read book Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia written by Borwin Bandelow and published by . This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the Oxford Psychiatry Library series, this pocketbook provides a user-friendly introduction to the diagnosis, etiology, and treatment of patients with panic disorder.

Download or read book The Anxious Truth A Step By Step Guide To Understanding and Overcoming Panic Anxiety and Agoraphobia written by Drew Linsalata and published by Drew Linsalata. This book was released on 2020-06-10 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You're anxious all the time, experiencing panic attacks over and over, and maybe afraid to leave your house or to be left alone for even a few minutes.. You are avoiding simple things like driving, eating in restaurants, attending family functions, or going to the supermarket. You are terrified of the next wave of anxiety or the next panic attack. Your anxiety problems are ruining your relationships, your family life, and your career. Your anxiety problems have you afraid, confused, lost, and feeling hopeless. How did you get here? What went wrong? You've tried so many things, but nothing has cured your anxiety? What can you do now? The Anxious Truth is a step-by-step guide to understanding and overcoming the anxiety problems that have plagued you for so long. This book, written by a former anxiety sufferer, best-selling author of "An Anxiety Story", and host of the The Anxious Truth podcast will walk you through exactly how you got to where you are today, why you are not broken or ill, and what the true nature of your anxiety disorder is. Next, the book will walk you through what it takes to solve your anxiety problems, how to make an anxiety recovery plan, then how to correctly execute that plan. The Anxious Truth isn't always what you want to hear, but it's what you NEED to hear in order to solve this problem once and for all and move toward the life you so desperately want. Based firmly on the principles of cognitive behavioral therapies that have been shown over decades to be most effective in treating anxiety problems, the Anxious Truth will teach you how to move past your anxiety symptoms, past endless digging for hidden "root causes", and into an action oriented plan that will help your brain un-learn the bad reaction and fear habits that have gotten you into this predicament. The Anxious Truth will take the cognitive mechanism that got you into a corner, throw it in reverse, and use it to your advantage, backing you out of this jam and into a life free from irrational fear and needless avoidance. More than just a book, The Anxious Truth goes hand-in-hand with The Anxious Truth podcast (https://theanxioustruth.com) and the growing and vibrant social media community surrounding it. Read the book, listen to five years worth of free podcasts chock full of helpful advice and information, and join a large online community of fellow anxiety sufferers that are done talking about this problem and ready to actually take action to solve it. Change is possible. No matter how long you've suffered with your anxiety issues, you can get better. The Anxious Truth will tell you what you need to hear and will arm you with the information, understanding, and skills you need to get the job done. Let's do this together!

Download or read book On Edge written by Andrea Petersen and published by Crown. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebrated science and health reporter offers a wry, bracingly honest account of living with anxiety. A racing heart. Difficulty breathing. Overwhelming dread. Andrea Petersen was first diagnosed with an anxiety disorder at the age of twenty, but she later realized that she had been experiencing panic attacks since childhood. With time her symptoms multiplied. She agonized over every odd physical sensation. She developed fears of driving on highways, going to movie theaters, even licking envelopes. Although having a name for her condition was an enormous relief, it was only the beginning of a journey to understand and master it—one that took her from psychiatrists’ offices to yoga retreats to the Appalachian Trail. Woven into Petersen’s personal story is a fascinating look at the biology of anxiety and the groundbreaking research that might point the way to new treatments. She compares psychoactive drugs to non-drug treatments, including biofeedback and exposure therapy. And she explores the role that genetics and the environment play in mental illness, visiting top neuroscientists and tracing her family history—from her grandmother, who, plagued by paranoia, once tried to burn down her own house, to her young daughter, in whom Petersen sees shades of herself. Brave and empowering, this is essential reading for anyone who knows what it means to live on edge.

Download or read book The Panic Attack Recovery Book written by Shirley Swede and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now sufferers can attack panic--before it attacks them. This seven-step, drug-free program--written jointly by a physician and a recovered sufferer--explains what goes on in the body when panic disorder strikes, and how it can be controlled. With behavioral techniques, fitness and nutrition plans, and inspiring, encouraging true stories, this book brings new hope to people with panic disorder, agoraphobia, and other anxiety-related conditions.

Download or read book Un Agoraphobic written by Hal Mathew and published by Mango Media. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A highly structured hour-by-hour plan for each day . . . delivers assurance to those suffering from panic attacks and agoraphobia.”—Library Journal The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that nearly 1.5% of the population of the United States suffers from agoraphobia at some point in their lifetime. That’s 4.5 million people. You are not alone. No matter how alone you may feel, you are not alone. Former journalist, social worker, and amateur actor Hal Mathew knows exactly what it’s like “to fear fear,” which is how he describes the dread feeling that kept him from leaving home (or at least leaving sober and at ease) for nearly 30 years. Then, slowly but with grit and determination, he began to piece together a plan for overcoming his phobias and resuming a regular life. And it worked. And then he started teaching other people how to do it. Now he has written this book to share his self-care plan with you. Hal will guide you through writing practices, visualization techniques, even cooking and eating routines to help you feel anchored and safe and ready to take your first trips out of the house. He’ll answer your questions, offer general survival tips, and even includes a special chapter for your spouses and loved ones. The good news is that recent neuroscience research shows us that the brain is retrainable—at any age. You can stop feeling like this. You will stop feeling like this. With Hal’s help, you will be able to retrain your body and brain so you can take your life back. Totally and forever.

Download or read book Facing Fear Handling Constant Vivid Fear of Soft Bipolar Agoraphobia and Generalized Anxiety Disorder written by Charles K. Bunch, Ph.D. and published by Spiral Fractal Soul. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have depression, vivid fears, bipolar disorder, cyclothymia, panic attacks, agoraphobia, or anxiety, this book is for you! This is a unique resource: the focus is not how to handle symptoms of anxiety but confront fear which it the foundation for anxiety. We all have fear. It is part of the human experience. Dr. Bunch explains the purpose of human fear in concise understandable terms. You will find relief that your experience is vivid fear and that the mind was actually made to handle fear. Dr. Bunch draws on 25 years of clinical practice and knowledge of fear viewed from worldwide cultures. Using metaphors, you can find ways to resolve fear in your mind, and place it on the journey of your life. Facing it, you can find purpose for fear but then leave it. It is a doorway to your whole self. This "every person’s Zen approach" will stimulate your own imagination on how you deal with fear. The answers are within you already. Boise Bipolar Center is directed by Charles K. Bunch, Ph.D., and he is the author of other innovative books, including Soft Bipolar Suffering and Blue Light Management for Soft Bipolar Disorder.

Download or read book Your Life Is Waiting written by Rafe R. Martin and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Untold Secrets of Hatville: is a Romantic mystery, dramatically expressed on paper. this story takes place in the lives of two sisters, as they endure the rollercoaster ride that brings them into an array of explosive events. From adoption, sudden death, even to the brink of blissful happiness, this story will make you laugh, weep, sometimes it even makes you mad. But, it will touch your heart in ways that you couldn't imagine. Come take a journey through life's twists and turns in the marriages of Jana and Tim, along with Joyce and Mart. This story will have you mesmerized. The Untold Secrets of Hatville is a must- read.

Download or read book Managing Social Anxiety written by Debra A. Hope and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a client workbook for those in treatment or considering treatment for social anxiety. This program has met the American Psychological Association's Division 12 Task Force criteria for empirically-supported treatments. Clients will learn how social anxiety interferes with the achievement of life goals. The workbook includes information about a variety of interventions, such as exposure, cognitive re-framing, and medication.

Download or read book Peace from Nervous Suffering written by Claire Weekes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1990-09-04 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic anxiety-relief guide from the author of Hope and Help for your Nerves has brought solace to over a quarter million readers coping with panic attacks and agoraphobia. Dr Claire Weekes offers clear, concise advice to anyone suffering from anxiety: FACE: DO NOT RUN ACCEPT: DO NOT FIGHT FLOAT PAST: DO NOT LISTEN IN LET TIME PASS: DO NOT BE IMPATIENT WITH TIME It may look much too simple, but if you can truly master these four important principles, you are already on your way to rapid recovery. Written in response to great demand from both the medical and psychological communities, as well as from her own devoted readers, Dr. Weekes’s revolutionary approach to treating nervous tension is sympathetic, medically sound, and quite possibly one of the most successful step-by-step guides to mental health available.

Download or read book Simple Effective Treatment of Agoraphobia written by Claire Weekes and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Agoraphobia Workbook written by Roland Daniel Bailey and published by . This book was released on with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Agoraphobia and Anxiety Workbook: Practical Strategies to Overcome Panic and Thrive in Daily Life is a comprehensive guide designed to help individuals struggling with agoraphobia and anxiety find effective strategies for reclaiming their lives. Written for those seeking freedom from constant worry and panic, this workbook offers clear, actionable techniques that empower readers to reduce anxiety, build resilience, and regain a sense of control. Living with anxiety or agoraphobia can be incredibly isolating, making everyday situations feel overwhelming and preventing people from fully engaging in the world around them. This workbook breaks down the barriers that keep many trapped in cycles of fear and avoidance, providing step-by-step tools that are proven to help manage symptoms and develop a calmer, more confident mindset. Using evidence-based techniques from cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure therapy, mindfulness practices, and grounding exercises, The Agoraphobia and Anxiety Workbook addresses the root causes of anxiety and provides practical ways to cope with panic attacks, reduce daily anxiety, and increase comfort in challenging situations. Through hands-on exercises, personalized goal-setting, and reflection activities, readers can create a customized plan that aligns with their unique needs and lifestyle. What You’ll Discover Inside: Understanding Your Anxiety and Agoraphobia: Gain insight into the underlying causes of anxiety and agoraphobia, helping you recognize triggers and develop an effective approach to managing symptoms. Managing Panic Attacks: Learn step-by-step techniques to cope with panic attacks and reduce their impact, whether they occur at home or in public settings. Exposure Therapy Exercises: Follow a gradual approach to facing and reducing fear by slowly reintroducing yourself to challenging situations, allowing you to increase your tolerance to anxiety-provoking environments. Mindfulness and Relaxation Techniques: Practice calming exercises that ground you in the present moment and help reduce the physical and emotional intensity of anxiety. Self-Compassion and Positive Self-Talk: Build a supportive mindset and learn how to respond to your own thoughts and feelings with kindness, reducing self-criticism and fostering a compassionate approach to recovery. Setting Long-Term Goals and Tracking Progress: Establish clear, achievable goals and milestones that celebrate each step forward, making it easier to see your progress over time. Whether you are just beginning your recovery journey or looking to deepen the work you've already started, The Agoraphobia and Anxiety Workbook serves as a trusted companion that supports you at every stage. The exercises in this book are designed to be accessible and flexible, allowing readers to work at their own pace and revisit sections as needed. Each tool can be tailored to fit individual needs, making this workbook a highly personalized guide to building the life you want. Who This Book is For: This workbook is ideal for anyone struggling with anxiety, panic attacks, or agoraphobia, as well as those who may avoid certain situations due to fear. It is also a valuable resource for therapists, counselors, and support groups looking for a practical guide to help clients work through anxiety-related challenges. Whether used independently or alongside professional treatment, this workbook provides readers with the tools and support to face life with courage and resilience. A Message of Hope and Encouragement: Recovery from anxiety and agoraphobia is possible. Every small step you take toward managing anxiety brings you closer to a life of freedom, peace, and confidence. This workbook is designed to support you on that journey, reminding you that change is not only achievable but within your reach. Start your journey toward a life of greater independence and confidence today with The Agoraphobia and Anxiety Workbook: Practical Strategies to Overcome Panic and Thrive in Daily Life.

Download or read book Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing EMDR Scripted Protocols written by Marilyn Luber, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-05-18 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This excellent book contains many different scripts, applicable to a number of special populations. It takes a practical approach and walks therapists step-by-step through the EMDR therapeutic process. [Readers] will not be disappointed." Score: 93, 4 stars --Doody's Praise from a practicing EMDR therapist and user of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Scripted Protocols: "Kudos to...everyone who contributed to this important volume....[It] is an indispensable resource. Thank you, thank you, thank you!" --Andrea B. Goldberg, LCSW EMDRIA Certified EMDR Therapist EMDRIA Consultant-in-training Bloomfield and Newark, NJ This book serves as a one-stop resource where therapists can access a wide range of word-for-word scripted protocols for EMDR practice, including the past, present, and future templates. These scripts are conveniently outlined in an easy-to-use, manual style template for therapists, allowing them to have a reliable, consistent form and procedure when using EMDR with clients. The book contains an entire section on the development of resources and on clinician self-care. There is a self-awareness questionnaire to assist clinicians in identifying potential problems that often arise in treatment, allowing for strategies to deal with them. Also included are helpful past memory, current triggers and future template worksheet scripts. Key topics include: Client history taking that will inform the treatment process of patients Resource development to help clients identify and target their problems to regain control when issues appear overwhelming Scripts for the 6 basic EMDR Protocols for traumatic events, current anxieties and behaviors, recent traumatic events, phobias, excessive grief, and illness and somatic disorders Early intervention procedures for man-made and natural catastrophes EMDR and early interventions for groups, including work with children, adolescents, and adults Written workbook format for individual or group EMDR EMDR to enhance performance and positive emotion

Download or read book A Guide To Treatments that Work written by Peter Nathan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-01-18 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fully revised and updated edition of this unique and authoritative reference The award-winning A Guide to Treatments that Work , published in 1998, was the first book to assemble the numerous advances in both clinical psychology and psychiatry into one accessible volume. It immediately established itself as an indispensable reference for all mental health practitioners. Now in a fully updated edition,A Guide to Treatments that Work, Second Edition brings together, once again, a distinguished group of psychiatrists and clinical psychologists to take stock of which treatments and interventions actually work, which don't, and what still remains beyond the scope of our current knowledge. The new edition has been extensively revised to take account of recent drug developments and advances in psychotherapeutic interventions. Incorporating a wealth of new information, these eminent researchers and clinicians thoroughly review all available outcome data and clinical trials and provide detailed specification of methods and procedures to ensure effective treatment for each major DSM-IV disorder. As an interdisciplinary work that integrates information from both clinical psychology and psychiatry, this new edition will continue to serve as an essential volume for practitioners of every kind: psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, counselors, and mental health consultants.

Download or read book Lowboy written by John Wray and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2009-03-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early one morning in New York City, Will Heller, a sixteen-yearold paranoid schizophrenic, gets on an uptown B train alone. Like most people he knows, Will believes the world is being destroyed by climate change; unlike most people, he's convinced he can do something about it. Unknown to his doctors, unknown to the police—unknown even to Violet Heller, his devoted mother—Will alone holds the key to the planet's salvation. To cool down the world, he has to cool down his own overheating body: to cool down his body, he has to find one willing girl. And he already has someone in mind. Lowboy, John Wray's third novel, tells the story of Will's fantastic and terrifying odyssey through the city's tunnels, back alleys, and streets in search of Emily Wallace, his one great hope, and of Violet Heller's desperate attempts to locate her son before psychosis claims him completely. She is joined by Ali Lateef, a missing-persons specialist, who gradually comes to discover that more is at stake than the recovery of a runaway teen: Violet—beautiful, enigmatic, and as profoundly at odds with the world as her son—harbors a secret that Lateef will discover at his own peril. Suspenseful and comic, devastating and hopeful by turns, Lowboy is a fearless exploration of youth, sex, and violence in contemporary America, seen through one boy's haunting and extraordinary vision.

Download or read book Unwinding Anxiety written by Judson Brewer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller A step-by-step plan clinically proven to break the cycle of worry and fear that drives anxiety and addictive habits We are living through one of the most anxious periods any of us can remember. Whether facing issues as public as a pandemic or as personal as having kids at home and fighting the urge to reach for the wine bottle every night, we are feeling overwhelmed and out of control. But in this timely book, Judson Brewer explains how to uproot anxiety at its source using brain-based techniques and small hacks accessible to anyone. We think of anxiety as everything from mild unease to full-blown panic. But it's also what drives the addictive behaviors and bad habits we use to cope (e.g. stress eating, procrastination, doom scrolling and social media). Plus, anxiety lives in a part of the brain that resists rational thought. So we get stuck in anxiety habit loops that we can't think our way out of or use willpower to overcome. Dr. Brewer teaches us to map our brains to discover our triggers, defuse them with the simple but powerful practice of curiosity, and to train our brains using mindfulness and other practices that his lab has proven can work. Distilling more than 20 years of research and hands-on work with thousands of patients, including Olympic athletes and coaches, and leaders in government and business, Dr. Brewer has created a clear, solution-oriented program that anyone can use to feel better - no matter how anxious they feel.