Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Anxiety

Description

People who experience persistent anxiety practically always operate with a negative self-view, along with a strong sense of desperation and vulnerability. This vulnerable state of mind frequently opens the floodgates to more of the physical sensations we associate with anxiety, and persistent forms of anxiety can add to one's sense of personal doubt. This reciprocating process of self-doubt and self-downing links to anxiety and creates a platform for a continuation of self-doubts. "The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Anxiety" offers a powerful, stepwise program for breaking the cycle of anxiety and getting back to a rich and productive life. Using the time-tested principles of rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT), the book shows readers how to recognize and dispute irrational thoughts that can lead to feelings of anxiety. It proceeds with a programme of action-oriented steps that help readers return from the dizzy, heady realm of anxiety to a grounded and purposeful existence.

William J. Knaus, Ed.D., is a licensed psychologist with more than forty years of clinical experience in working with people suffering from anxiety and depression. He is author of many books, including The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression and The Procrastination Workbook.Foreword writer Jon Carlson, Psy.D., Ed.D., ABPP, is professor of psychology and counseling at Governors State University in University Park, IL, and author of twenty-five books.

Bill Knaus has hit the bullseye! From a horde of scientific studies and his own extensive experience, he has distilled an accessible, easily assimilated, pragmatic, and schematic approach to dealing with 'parasite' anxieties. Readers can work through this program in small bites to gradually advance their control over their destructive anxieties." Joseph Gerstein, MD, FACP, Harvard Medical School"