Managing Anxiety with CBT For Dummies (eBook)

Graham C. Davey, Kate Cavanagh, Fergal Jones, Lydia Turner, Adrian Whittington (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012 | 1. Auflage
184 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-36608-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Don't panic! Combat your worries and minimize anxiety with
CBT!

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a hugely popular
self-help technique, which teaches you to break free from
destructive or negative behaviors and make positive changes to both
your thoughts and your actions. This practical guide to managing
anxiety with CBT will help you understand your anxiety, identify
solutions to your problems, and maintain your gains and avoid
relapse.

Managing Anxiety with CBT For Dummies is a practical
guide to using CBT to face your fears and overcome anxiety and
persistent, irrational worries. You'll discover how to put extreme
thinking into perspective and challenge negative, anxiety-inducing
thoughts with a range of effective CBT techniques to help you enjoy
a calmer, happier life.

* Helps you understand anxiety and how CBT can help

* Guides you in making change and setting goals

* Gives you tried-and-true CBT techniques to face your fears and
keep a realistic perspective

Managing Anxiety with CBT For Dummies gives you the tools you
need to overcome anxiety and expand your horizons for a healthy,
balanced life.

Autor

Graham Davey is Professor of Psychology at the University of Sussex and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Experimental Psychopathology. Kate Cavanagh is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Sussex. Fergal Jones is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent. Lydia Turner is a Consultant Psychological Therapist, and Adrian Whittington is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, both based at the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Inhalt

Introduction 1

Part I: Understanding Your Anxiety 7

Chapter 1: All About Anxiety 9

Chapter 2: Making a Map of Your Anxiety 23

Part II: Tackling Your Anxiety 37

Chapter 3: Going for Goals 39

Chapter 4: Facing Your Fears 51

Chapter 5: Finding Out if Your Fears Are Fact or Fiction 63

Chapter 6: Letting Go of Worry 81

Chapter 7: Anxiety Rules and How to Break Them 93

Part III: Making Progress and Moving On 107

Chapter 8: Looking at the Bigger Picture 109

Chapter 9: Creating Your Route Map for a Brighter Future 123

Part IV: The Part of Tens 135

Chapter 10: Ten Tips for Tackling Anxiety 137

Chapter 11: Ten Inspiring Tips for Moving On from Anxiety 145

Index 157

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.8.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Angst / Depression / Zwang
• Schlagworte: Kognitive Verhaltenstherapie • Ratgeber • Self-Help
• ISBN-10: 1-118-36608-5 / 1118366085
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-36608-0 / 9781118366080