Shelf Help: Phobias

Dr. Tolin explains what fear really is, why you should face--not avoid--your fear, and how to beat your fear using gradual exposure techniques. Practical action steps and exercises help you learn this unique approach to facing fear without crutches or other unhelpful things found in many other programs in order to achieve a life that is free of debilitating anxieties.

This book is for people who experience the type of fear that prevents them from doing things most of us take for granted.

Phobias affect thousands of people in the UK and can be effectively treated with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Written by an experienced practitioner, this introductory booklet explains what phobias are and how they make you feel. It will help the reader to understand their phobias and is ideal as an immediate coping strategy and as a preliminary to fuller therapy.

Ideal for anyone to work through alone or with guided assistance, the new Overcoming Panic Self-Help Course is a complete, step-by-step treatment providing the necessary skills to overcome and prevent panic attacks and associated agoraphobia.

This authoritative guide explains what panic attacks are, why they happen, and what every reader can do to empower themselves and regain control over their panic. Containing a helpfully broad range of topics including: what to do during an attack, what’s happening during an attack, self-help to prevent attacks from developing, updated research on diet, neurotransmitters, pH balance and how these impinge on panic attacks, and lifestyle, therapies and complementary therapies. Panic Attacks is consistently straightforward, informative and reassuring.

This title is available as an audiobook from Overdive. You will need an existing Edinburgh City Council Libraries account to download and listen.