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| Self Help - Particular
Fears - Phobias |
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| It is not known for sure why some
people have fears that seem, even to them, to be irrational
- such as a fear of eating in front of people, fear of being
away from a safe place or fear of dogs. However, we do know
what maintains the fears and keeps them going: avoidance. Avoiding
the thing that you fear gives an immediate sense of relief in
the short term. But in the long term, the avoidance leads to
embarrassment, lack of confidence and an increase in the fear.
This can cause a vicious cycle. To break the cycle and overcome
the fear, it is essential that you face the thing that you are
afraid of. This is easier to do if you do it early on, when
you first notice that there is a problem. If the fear you want
to tackle is long-standing, it can still be overcome, but will
take longer and require more persistence and help from others.
We have a comprehensive article on the subject available for
download. |
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| Books & Publications |
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| The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook |
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| This is a revision of the best-selling
classic. It provides step-by-step help for sufferers of
anxiety and phobic disorders. This edition offers the
latest treatment strategies for the whole range of these
problems - panic disorder, agoraphobia, generalised anxiety
disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder - with revisions
that include updated information on medications, mindfulness
training, and health-related conditions that aggravate
anxiety. |
Author: Edmund J Bourne
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
ISBN: 1572244135 |
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| Overcoming Panic |
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| Overcoming Panic provides a step-by-step
program for overcoming and preventing panic attacks and
associated agoraphobia. The book is an indispensable guide
for those affected by panic and their friends and families
together with psychologists and those working in the medical
profession. It explains the many forms and causes of panic
and contains a complete self-help program and monitoring
sheets based on clinically proven techniques of cognitive
behaviour therapy. |
Author: Derrick Silove
Publisher: Constable & Robinson
ISBN: 1 85487 701 1 |
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| Living With Fear |
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| Living with Fear is a self help book
that gives practical advice to people who are suffering
from phobias panic obsessions rituals or traumatic distress.
In the new edition the author has updated the book to
include new phobias e.g. fear of Aids contamination as
well as the latest treatments. References examples and
case studies will be updated throughout the book. The
case examples in the current edition are drawn from many
parts of the world. |
Author: Isaac Marks
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0077109821 |
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| Web Sites |
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| The National Phobics Society |
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| The National Phobics Society (NPS) works
to relieve and support those living with anxiety disorders
by providing information, support and understanding via
an extensive range of services. NPS works regularly with
external agencies and healthcare professionals to improve
the service provision offered in the main to those living
with phobias. NPS can help you deal with specific phobias
such as fear of spiders, blushing, vomiting, being alone,
public speaking, heights - in fact, any fear that's stopped
you from getting on with your life. |
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| Triumph Over Phobia |
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| Triumph Over Phobia (TOP) runs a national
network of self-help groups to help people with phobia
or obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) to overcome their
problems using graded self-exposure. This means learning
how to face up to your fears in a very gradual and structured
way so that eventually the anxiety should decrease. TOP
was started in 1987 with the professional help of Professor
I M Marks of the Institute of Psychiatry in London and
Celia Bonham Christie MBE MA who had overcome her fear
of flying by following self-exposure instructions from
Living with Fear (as above). TOP groups are run by trained
lay volunteers, most of whom are ex-phobics and a structured
programme is followed by group members, using Living with
Fear as a self-help manual. |
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