Facing Panic Second Edition : Self Help for People with Panic Attacks A straightforward 81 page booklet, offering seven self-help steps for recovery from panic attacks. Learn the most up-to-date approach to mastering panic and regaining control of your life. The essential information you need delivered in an easy-to-read style. Table of Contents Introduction STEP 1: Recognize the Cycle of Your Panic Breaking free of the panic cycle STEP 2: Learn about Conditioning and the Body’s Special Emergency Response STEP 3: Practice the Calming Skills Calming your breath Quieting your body STEP 4: Adopt a New Self-Help Strategy STEP 5: Purposely Create Your Symptoms STEP 6: Taking Your Skills Out Into Your World Planning your practice What to do if your physical sensations or worries become too uncomfortable for you STEP 7: Now, Greet Panic in your Daily Life Stop resisting panic Choice 1: Permit your symptoms Choice 2: Provoke your symptoms Some Final Words About the Author REID WILSON, Ph.D. is an international expert in the treatment of anxiety disorders, with books translated into nine languages. He is author of Don't Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks (Harper) and Facing Panic: Self-Help for People with Panic Attacks (ADAA), is co-author, with Dr. Edna Foa, of Stop Obsessing! How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions (Bantam), is co-author, with Lynn Lyons, LICSW, of Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents: 7 Ways to Stop the Worry Cycle and Raise Courageous & Independent Children (HCI Books) and of Playing with Anxiety: Casey's Guide for Teens and Kids. He is co-author of Achieving Comfortable Flight, a self-help package for the fearful flier. He designed and served as lead psychologist for American Airlines' first national program for the fearful flier. He serves as the Expert for WebMD's Anxiety and Panic Community. His free self-help website - www.anxieties.com - serves 500,000 visitors per year. Television appearances include The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Katie Show, Good Morning America, and CNN. He has served as psychologist in an episode of A&E's Hoarders. |