Reclaim your life from crippling anxiety with this revolutionary step-by-step approach
Nearly a third of all people will suffer from severe or debilitating fears-phobias, panic attacks, obsessions, worries, and more-over the course of a lifetime. Now Dr. David Tolin-a renowned psychologist and scientist at the Institute of Living and Yale featured on such programs as The OCD Project, Hoarders, The Dr. Oz Show, and Oprah-offers help for nearly every type of anxiety disorder. Dr. Tolin explains what fear really is, why you should face-not avoid-your fear, and how to beat your fear using gradual exposure techniques. Practical action steps and exercises help you learn this unique approach to facing fear without crutches or other unhelpful things found in many other programs in order to achieve a life that is free of debilitating anxieties.Self-help guide that gives you the tools to take charge and overcome your fears
Written by a leading authority on anxiety and based on the latest research
Provides a practical, step-by-step plan for beating many different kinds of fears-including social anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and phobias
Face Your Fears will change the way you think about fear and what to do about it. This up-to-date, evidence-based, and user-friendly self-help guide to beating phobias and overcoming anxieties walks you step by step through the process of choosing courage and freedom over fear.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments ix Part I. The Face Your Fears Program to Beat Anxiety 1 Faces of Fear 3 2 What Is Fear? 27 3 Why Face Fears? 46 4 The Principles of Exposure 69 5 Planning Exposures 80 6 Conducting Exposures 102 7 Eliminating Safety Behaviors 113 8 Addressing Scary Thoughts, Examining the Evidence 132 Part II. Facing the Different Kinds of Fear 9 Beating Fears of Specific Situations or Objects 157 10 Beating Fears of Body Sensations 168 11 Beating Social and Performance Fears 182 12 Beating Obsessive Fears 192 13 Beating Excessive Worries 203 14 Beating Post-Traumatic Fears 214 Part III. Face Your Fears for Life 15 Tracking Your Progress 229 16 The Long Run 242 17 Supplementing the Face Your Fears Program 259 Appendix 275 Notes 277 Resources 279 Index 283
