Deconstructing Anxiety
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-2540-3 (ISBN)
In Deconstructing Anxiety, Pressman provides a new and comprehensive understanding of fear's subtlest mechanisms. In this model, anxiety is understood as the wellspring at the source of all clients' problems. Tapping into this source therefore holds the clues not only for how to escape fear, but how to release the very causes of suffering, paving the way to a profound sense of peace and satisfaction in life.
With strategically developed exercises, this book offers a unique, integrative approach to healing and growth, based on an understanding of how the psyche organizes itself around anxiety. It provides insights into the architecture of anxiety, introducing the dynamics of the "core fear" (the fundamental interpretation of danger in the world) and "chief defense" (the overarching strategy for protecting oneself from the threat). It elaborates the ways in which clients build personalities upon the foundations of these dynamics and isolate themselves.
Replete with processes that bring the theoretical background into technicolor, therapists of all schools of psychotherapeutic thought will find this book useful and applicable in their practice.
Todd E. Pressman, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist, speaker, and author in the field of holistic approaches to healing and growth. He is the founder and head of Pressman and Associates at Logos Wellness, a psychotherapy center. Pressman specializes in the treatment of complex anxiety disorders, and has worked with Olympic athletes and CEOs. His seminar, “Deconstructing Anxiety: A Powerful New Approach to Understanding and Treating Anxiety Disorders”, is offered for continuing education credit to mental health professionals across the country. In addition to his work as a therapist, he has served on the Speakers’ Bureau of the American Heart Association, the President’s Council for Physical Fitness and Sports, and was a member of the Board of Directors for Horizon House, a national program in psychosocial rehabilitation for those who suffer from developmental disabilities.
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: CONSTRUCTING A NEW MODEL FOR ANXIETY
Chapter 1: Understanding the Birth of Fear in the Psyche
Chapter 2: How Fear Really Works
Chapter 3: The Core Fear and Chief Defense
Chapter 4: The Architecture of Personality
PART TWO: NEW STRATEGIES FOR RESOLVING FEAR
Chapter 5: The Principle of Doing the Opposite
Chapter 6: Finding the Core Fear
Chapter 7: Uncovering the Chief Defense
Chapter 8: Exercises for Doing the Opposite and Resolving Anxiety
Chapter 9: Resisting Resistance
Chapter 10: The Failsafe Rule for Navigating through Fear
PART THREE: PUTTING THE PLAN INTO ACTION
Chapter 11: Finding a Mighty Purpose
Chapter 12: Continuing after Therapy
| Erscheinungsdatum | 05.10.2019 |
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| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 219 mm |
| Gewicht | 472 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Persönlichkeitsstörungen |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5381-2540-4 / 1538125404 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5381-2540-3 / 9781538125403 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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