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Overcoming Anxiety, 2nd Edition

A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques
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Overcoming Anxiety, 2nd Edition by Helen Kennerley is a fully updated self-help guide based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) that addresses a wide range of anxiety problems. The book explains various anxieties including panic attacks, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and generalised anxiety. It provides an introduction to anxiety and stress, along with a comprehensive CBT-based self-help programme featuring monitoring sheets to support readers in managing their condition.
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This book is ideal for individuals suffering from anxiety, as well as friends, family members, and healthcare professionals seeking a reliable, evidence-based self-help resource for managing anxiety disorders.

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A self-help guide using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques

A self-help guide using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques

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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

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Time Out praises it as a 'sensible, down-to-earth guide' inspiring many living with fears and insecurities. Yes Magazine calls it an โ€˜excellent self-help bookโ€™. The Glasgow Herald considers it indispensable for friends, families, psychologists, and medical professionals, while the Observer recognises it as one of the best thorough consumer-friendly CBT books.

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Book Details

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ISBN: 9781849018784

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 May 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Robinson

Illustration: 0

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 330g

Pages: 416

About the Author

Helen Kennerley is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and a founder member of the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre, where she is the director of the Diploma / MSc in Advanced Cognitive Therapy Studies. She is an experienced clinician specialising in childhood trauma, dissociative disorders, and self-injurious behaviours. She has made valuable contributions to the field of cognitive therapy through her popular workshops and her writings. Amongst other publications, she is the author of Overcoming Anxiety and Overcoming Childhood Trauma and co-author of An introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy". In 2002, Helen was also voted one of the most influential female cognitive therapists in Britain by BABCP members.

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