Overcoming Anxiety, 2nd Edition: A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques

ISBN-13: 9781849018784 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 416 str.

Helen Kennerley

Opis

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

Recenzje

'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

O autorze

Dr Helen Kennerley is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist working with Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and a Senior Associate Tutor with the University of Oxford. She is a founder member of the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre (OCTC), where she was formerly the Lead for the OCTC Clinic and Director of Advanced Cognitive Therapy Studies courses & MSc. She now leads the University of Oxford Postgraduate Certificates in Psychological Trauma & Personality Development and in Supervision & Training. She has practised CBT for over thirty years, having trained in Oxford and the US. She has specialised in helping those with a history of personal adversity and, with OCTC colleagues, developed a therapy programme in the 1980s which is still being used today. She has also written several popular cognitive therapy self-help books and academic texts, some of which have been commended by the British Medical Association. She was shortlisted for the BABCP award of most influential female cognitive therapist in Britain at their thirtieth anniversary celebrations.