Product Description

Overcoming Anxiety has been developed as a self-help manual by Dr Helen Kennerley at her clinic in Oxford. A whole range of anxieties and fears is explained, from panic attacks and phobias to 'burn out' and executive stress. It is an indispensable guide for those affected, their friends and families, psychologists and others working in the medical profession. Includes an introduction to the nature of anxiety and stress. Contains an easy-to-follow self-help program and check sheets. Is based on successful, clinically proven techniques of cognitive therapy.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6889 in Books
• Published on: 2009-07-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

About the Author
Dr Helen Kennerley is a practising chartered clinical psychologist and Consultant Psychologist for the Riverside Mental Health Trust and Oxforshire Mental Health Trust.

Customer Reviews

This book is a must for anyone suffering from anxiety
Having suffered for many years from anxiety and thinking it was quite "normal" to feel that way, this book was a revelation. It is very easy to understand, it explains in a most simple way the reasons anxiety is such a problem for some people and not for others. In a step by step form it takes the reader through a process of self help and self understanding. One of the benefits is you can work at your own speed, you can work alone or enlist help from family or friends. It has passages from fellow anxiety sufferers, which makes the reader realise they are not alone with their problems. Having worked through this book and its Cognitive Behavioral approach myself, I found its contents most enlightening and it certainly helped me to work though and overcome my problems. I highly recommend this book for anyone suffering from anxiety.

Good in Parts
This book offers perhaps the best description of what anxiety is and how it effects us that I have ever read. It is extrememly good for gathering information on anxiety then. However, it is much less good when it comes to the techniques for actually overcoming the anxiety. For example the section on Challenging Worrying Thoughts does not list enough 'cognitive distortions'. It alludes to 'Jumping to Conclusions' without explaining it properly. The section on Distraction is not completely clear either. I am glad i read it for information, but will look elsewhere for techniques for overcoming anxiety. The worksheets are also not as convenient as those in other cognitive therapy books.

Ok
Very good at describing anxiety, but waffle when it came to dealing with anxiety; overcomplicated, time consuming and I felt inadequate to help me...