When Panic Attacks
by David D. Burns
Burns applies cognitive therapy to anxiety: forty techniques for panic, phobias, worry, social anxiety and obsessions, with the insight that anxiety is driven by distorted thoughts and maintained by avoidance. He is confident, sometimes to a fault, and the techniques are well organized for self-use.
Read it if…
you want a large toolbox of anxiety techniques with a clear rationale.
Skip it if…
you have severe panic disorder; use it alongside care.
Three things you will actually use
- Anxiety follows distorted thinking; find the distortion.
- Exposure ends avoidance, which maintains fear.
- Try many techniques; what works varies.
Do this first
Write your anxious thought, identify its distortion, and try the experimental technique: test it in reality.
Our verdict
A large, well-organized toolbox.
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