You can't just "get over" anxiety. In fact, the very things most people do to try to feel better—avoiding feared situations, pushing worry out of mind—only make the problem worse. Leading psychologists Susan M. Orsillo and Lizabeth Roemer present a powerful new alternative that can help you break free of anxiety by fundamentally changing how you relate to it. With clarity and compassion, this book describes clinically tested mindfulness practices specifically tailored for anxiety in its many forms. Learn step-by-step strategies for gaining awareness of anxious feelings without letting them escalate; loosening the grip of worry and fear; and achieving a new level of emotional and physical well-being. Free audio downloads of mindfulness exercises are available at www.guilford.com/orsillo-materials.
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Self-Help Book of Merit
The Mindful Way through Anxiety
Break Free from Chronic Worry and Reclaim Your Life
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Release date
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Kindle Book
- ISBN: 9781609180126
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781609180126
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781609180126
- File size: 1065 KB
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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December 1, 2010
Working in anxiety disorders research and treatment for 20-plus years, Orsillo (psychology, Suffolk Univ., Boston) and Roemer (psychology, Univ. of Massachusetts at Boston) present a valuable summary of their ten-year, NIH-funded focus on researching and treating anxiety. The authors developed a method that helps sufferers fundamentally change their relationship with anxiety. In clear, compassionate language, they describe how to gain awareness of anxious feelings without letting them escalate, how to reap the benefits of emotional and physical well-being, and how to open one's life to inspiring new possibilities. Orsillo and Roemer cover understanding fear and anxiety, how anxiety can complicate one's life, and how to change a relationship with anxiety through mindfulness. They include pragmatic chapters on developing the skills of mindfulness, using the technique to clarify emotions, and a Zen-like approach to acceptance and opening up to new possibilities. VERDICT Among the array of titles on various anxiety disorders, this book manages to add an important new clinical approach to treating anxiety that, while heavily rooted in the Buddhist spiritual tradition, will still appeal to lay readers battling with or interested in anxiety as well as professionals treating the disorder.--Dale Farris, Groves, TX
Copyright 2010 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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