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It feels so good to feel good again!!!

This practical and engaging handbook gives you specific scientifically based strategies to help you recover from panic, anxiety and phobias. Worksheets are provided for recording your symptoms and progress.

You don't have to feel hopeless about your anxiety!

Learn how to use research-based coping skills to:

Reduce your anxiety and tension
Challenge your problematic thoughts
Face your feared situations
Desensitize yourself to your body's sensations
Manage any temporary setbacks

You are not alone!

Read fourteen personal stories from others like you who have suffered the very real pain of panic or anxiety attacks, but have used the strategies in this book to overcome them. Jane is one person who used this book to conquer her problems.

About The Authors

Shirley Babior, LCSW, MFT, is in private practice in San Diego, California and specializes in treating anxiety disorders. She is the co-author of Overcoming Panic, Anxiety and Phobias a group therapy manual and an audio self-help program for anxiety disorders.Shirley provides consultation to supervisors and services to employees suffering from anxiety and stress in the workplace. She has lectured on the treatment of anxiety disorders at numerous professional continuing education and healthcare seminars, and also offers clinical case consultation to mental health professionals.She is the coauthor of two research articles on social anxiety with the University of California at San Diego's Department of Psychiatry. Shirley is a former regional governor of the Phobia Society of America and board member of the Society of Behavioral Medicine.

Carol Goldman, LICSW, is in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts.

Both authors have lectured extensively and provide in-service training for professionals in the field of anxiety disorders.

Book Reviews

"My number one resource for symptom reduction - comprehensive yet succinct - an invaluable daily reference for long-term recovery of all anxiety disorders."

Julie Britz, MSW, LICSW, Psychotherapist Harvard Community Health Plan

"Having suffered severe panic attacks I personally recommend this book because of its easy to understand explanations, practical solutions and positive outlook. A therapist gave me my copy and now I pass them on to other health care professionals."

Naomi Judd, Country Western Singer

"This helpful little book, used with persistence and determination, can get you from where you are to where you want to be. For someone who does not have access to professional help, it is a way to provide oneself with up-to-date treatment in one's own home. Or, if you live in a town where you have access to cognitive behavioral therapists, or even traditional therapists, you could take this book in with you and ask that the therapist go through the chapters with you and use the techniques in the book to do the cognitive behavioral work you need to do in order to recover.

Every form you need is included, as well as a number of exercises. The book is easily read and clearly understandable. Of all the workbooks and anxiety books on the market, this one impresses me as one that is very basic and yet manages to be state of the art self treatment."

NPAD News, National Panic/Anxiety Disorder Newsletter Cyma J. Siegel. R.N. Editor-In-Chief

"Babior and Goldman have written a book that is quite valuable for the very many patients who ask the treating physician for guidance in contributing to their own treatment. The book has no jargon, advances no theoretical claims, avoids the usual disparaging remarks about medical treatments, and makes no unrealistic promises. This book will certainly help the very many patients who want to take an active role in their own treatment."

Rodrigo A. Munoz, M.D., F.A.P.A. Vice-President, American Psychiatric Association Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego

"Most patients with anxiety disorders are treated by primary care physicians, not psychotherapists. At last here is an excellent book we can recommend to reinforce therapy and help patients help themselves."

Maurice Martin, M.D. Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School

"...Babior and Goldman's book explains plainly and in clear English how to understand and deal with these disorders. It encourages patients to look at their disorders in hopeful terms and gives them practical strategies. This is truly a remarkable self-help book."

Joel L. Becker, Ph.D Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychology, UCLA Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, UCLA Medical Center

"This book is a great resource. It was comforting to find out I was not alone and that there are practical solutions to rid myself of unnecessary fear. I plan to give copies to friends and co-workers suffering from similar problems. This book is a must first step to regaining control of your life."

Dominick J. San Diego, California

"Thank you for writing such a terrific book.

I'm calling from Orly Airport in France to let you know that I've landed successfully by facing my fear. Flying has been a real source of anxiety for years. I've tried to use a number of materials and therapies before. Your book was the first with real common sense and also a disciplined yet nurturing approach to anxiety and overcoming the fear."

Dr. B