Overcoming Anxiety, 2nd Edition - (Overcoming Books) by Helen Kennerley (Paperback)

About the Book

Overcoming app now available via iTunes and the Google Play Store. Fully updated edition of the bestselling self-help book, now recommended on the national Books on Prescription scheme. This ever-popular guide offers a self-help programme, written by one of the UK's leading authorities on anxiety and based on CBT, for those suffering from anxiety problems. A whole range of anxieties and fears are explained, from panic attacks and phobias to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and generalised anxiety. It includes an introduction to the nature of anxiety and stress and a complete self-help programme with monitoring sheets based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. The following websites may offer useful further information on anxiety disorders: www.social-anxiety.org.uk www.stress.org.uk www.triumphoverphobia.com

Book Synopsis

HIGHLY COMMENDED for the British Medical Awards book prize for Popular Medicine

Fully updated edition of the bestselling self-help book, now recommended on the national Reading Well scheme.

This ever-popular guide offers a self-help programme, written by one of the UK's leading authorities on anxiety and based on CBT, for those suffering from anxiety problems. A whole range of anxieties and fears are explained, from panic attacks and phobias to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and generalised anxiety. It includes an introduction to the nature of anxiety and stress and a complete self-help programme with monitoring sheets based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

The following websites may offer useful further information on anxiety disorders:

www.social-anxiety.org.uk

www.stress.org.uk

www.triumphoverphobia.com

From the Back Cover

Learn to master your anxiety using tried-and-tested techniques

We all know what anxiety feels like: it is an inevitable part of life. For some of us, however, panic attacks, phobias, obsessions or constant worries can have a devastating impact on our self-confidence, our relationships and our general well-being.

This self-help guide shows you how to uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques to manage your anxieties. CBT has been shown to be highly effective in the treatment of anxiety and it will help you to understand what has caused it, what is keeping it going and, crucially, how take back control.

This fully updated edition:
- Reflects recent developments in our understanding of anxiety
- Contains many useful examples of anxiety management in action

HELEN KENNERLEY works as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre. She is also the Director of the University of Oxford MSc in CBT. In 2002 she was shortlisted by the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies for the award for the most influential female cognitive therapist in Britain.

Overcoming self-help guides use clinically proven techniques to treat long-standing and disabling conditions, both psychological and physical.

Series Editor: Professor Peter Cooper

READING WELL
This book is recommended by the national Reading Well Books on Prescription scheme for England delivered by The Reading Agency and the Society of Chief Librarians with funding from Arts Council England and Wellcome.
www.reading-well.org.uk

Review Quotes

'Excellent self-help book', Yes Magazine

'It's hard to estimate just how many people, whose lives are secretly blighted by fears and insecurities, will draw inspiration from this sensible, down-to-earth guide.', Time Out

Indispensable guide for friends and families, psychologists, and those working in the medical profession.--Glasgow Herald

The best consumer-friendly CBT-based books...All are very thorough.--Michele Kirsch, Observer

About the Author

Dr Helen Kennerley works as a consultant at the highly regarded Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre. In 2002 she was shortlisted by the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies for the award of most influential female cognitive therapist in Britain. She is the author of Overcoming Anxiety, Overcoming Childhood Trauma and How to Beat Your Fears and Worries.