The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
by Edmund J. Bourne
The comprehensive self-help workbook for anxiety, in print for decades: relaxation, exercise, exposure hierarchies, cognitive restructuring, mistaken beliefs, assertiveness, nutrition, medication overview and relapse prevention. It is large and clinical, and it is what many therapists hand to clients.
Read it if…
you want a complete, structured program for anxiety or a phobia and will do the work.
Skip it if…
you want a short read; this is a manual.
Three things you will actually use
- Exposure, gradual and repeated, is the core treatment.
- Relaxation is a skill; practice daily.
- Challenge the mistaken beliefs that fuel fear.
Do this first
Build an exposure hierarchy for one feared situation, ten steps from easy to hard, and do step one.
Our verdict
Thorough and clinical.
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