How to Help Someone with Anxiety: A Practical Handbook

Description

Watching someone you love become overwhelmed by anxiety is tough. And it's not always clear how best to help - it often feels impossible to get through to someone who seems consumed by anxious thoughts. Counselling Psychologist Dr Rachel M Allan provides evidence-based advice on the cyclical nature of anxiety, helping you understand how anxiety works and how your loved one might be feeling. You will discover how you can best help someone stuck in a negative thought pattern, how to start a helpful conversation, and the importance of listening. Through the advice in this book, you'll learn how to best support and empower your loved one day to day, without compromising your own emotional wellbeing.

Counselling Psychologist Dr Rachel M Allan specialises in providing effective, evidence-based psychological interventions, in a compassionate and sensitive way in both private practice and the NHS. She has a particular interest in helping people understand how anxiety works, in order to empower those living with anxiety, and those closest to them.

'This book is packed with wisdom, experience and practical advice on how to help someone with anxiety. A must read in these uncertain times' -- Owen O'Kane, bestselling author of Ten to Zen