Health Anxiety Disorder

Fully updated edition of the best-selling self-help book, now recommended on the national Reading Well scheme. This ever-popular guide offers a self-help programme, written by one of the UK's leading authorities on anxiety and based on CBT, for those suffering from anxiety problems. A whole range of anxieties and fears are explained, from panic attacks and phobias to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and generalised anxiety.

Barb Cook and 14 other autistic women describe life from a female autistic perspective, and present empowering, helpful and supportive insights from their personal experience for fellow autistic women. Michelle Garnett's comments validate and expand the experiences described from a clinician's perspective, and provide extensive recommendations. Autistic advocates including Liane Holliday Willey, Anita Lesko, Jeanette Purkis, Artemisia and Samantha Craft offer their personal guidance on significant issues that particularly affect women, as well as those that are more general to autism.

Learn how to get rid of stress and tension. Melt away worry. Create inner peace and put an end to panic attacks. It's all here in this Sleep Learning System collection from certified hypnotherapist Joel Thielke. Sleep learning takes place when your mind is at rest and the subconscious is open to positive suggestions. It's an easy way of both learning and breaking bad habits while you sleep through the night. It's easy to use, and you'll see fast results.

El apego ansioso puede ensombrecer muchas relaciones, siendo a menudo la causa principal de los problemas de pareja. Por el contrario, las relaciones prósperas y duraderas se caracterizan por la ausencia de rasgos de apego ansioso. Este libro te ayudará a comprender el origen de tu estilo de apego ansioso, a superarlo recuperando la confianza en ti mismo con consejos prácticos y aplicables que puedes empezar a implementar hoy mismo y apreciar los progresos en ti y en tus relaciones.

Depression - whether circumstantial and fleeting or persistent and long term - impacts most people at some point in their lives. Puritan Pastor Richard Baxter spent most of his ministry caring for depressed and discouraged souls, and his timeless counsel still speaks to us today. In this book, psychiatrist Michael S. Lundy and theologian J. I. Packer present Baxter’s writings in order to comfort, instruct, and strengthen all who struggle with depression.

This book is for the overthinkers struggling with overwhelm, burnout, and anxiety. If that’s you—sipping from a half-empty glass and staring at your phone on the sidelines of your own life—then this book will remind you that you are not alone and share tools to change your life (and your mind). Unanxious encourages listeners to face their own stressors and triggers head-on with research-backed techniques and journal prompts.

In the first book to fully examine obsessive bad thoughts, Dr. Lee Baer combines the latest research with his own extensive experience in treating this widespread syndrome. Drawing on information ranging from new advances in brain technology to pervasive social taboos, Dr. Baer explores the root causes of bad thoughts, why they can spiral out of control, and how to recognize the crucial difference between harmless and dangerous bad thoughts.

We live in an increasingly uncertain world, and if you struggle with worry, you aren't alone. You should also know that there's nothing wrong with worry. Worry happens to all of us—and it can even be helpful at times. But excessive worrying—the kind that keeps us up at night, interferes with our thinking during the day, and hijacks our ability to make decisions—is a big problem. The good news is that, while worry is inevitable, worrying is completely optional. This book will show you how to break free from the unhelpful thinking habits that keep you stuck in a loop of rumination and anxiety.

For the 38 million Americans who suffer from anxiety and/or depression (and for those who treat them), Dr. Daniel G. Amen has liberating news. Using a sophisticated brain-imaging technology called SPECT (single photon emissions computed tomography), Amen and his colleagues have discovered that these disorders are the result of measurable brain dysfunction, of physical neurological conditions that clinicians can actually see. And what they can see, they can treat more effectively than ever before.

A chronic sense of unease. Nagging what-ifs. Worry about what other people think. Paralyzing phobias. Full-blown panic attacks. Anxiety shows up in a lot of different ways and can permeate every aspect of your life. The good news is that although it can feel confusing and overwhelming—as if things will never get better—it is possible to retrain your brain and put yourself back in the driver's seat.

Anxiety has an amazing ability to spread. Time and time again, when veteran counselor and parenting expert Sissy Goff has an anxious child or teen in her office, she's found they have at least one very well-intentioned but anxious parent. Anxiety is contagious, and it's likely affecting your kids, distracting you in the present, and making you feel like it will define your family's future. It doesn't have to be this way. Sissy offers you practical, well-researched tools that will make a difference in your life—and the lives of your children.

If you have a child with anxiety, you need quick, in-the-moment solutions you can easily use now to help your child face their fears and worries. Created by a psychologist and expert in childhood anxiety, this guide offers proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and exposure skills you can use at home, in social settings, or anywhere anxiety takes hold.

Mind over Matter is a groundbreaking audiobook by Dr. Bhaskar Bora that offers a clear, empowering roadmap for overcoming anxiety and depression without pharmaceutical intervention. Blending science, psychology, and real-world tools, this audiobook guides listeners through 20 in-depth chapters—each packed with actionable strategies, from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and mindfulness to breathwork, nutrition, somatic healing, and more.

People with harm OCD - a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) - suffer from violent, unwanted thoughts and a crippling fear of harming others. They may also resist seeking treatment for fear of being judged. In Overcoming Harm OCD, psychotherapist and OCD expert Jon Hershfield offers powerful cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness tools to help listeners break the endless cycle of pain and self-doubt caused by their disorder, and overcome their most debilitating symptoms.

Breaking the Patterns of Depression begins by translating the clinical literature on psychotherapy and antidepressant medication into language that can be used to enhance an understanding of depression, and to personalize individual cures. Yapko uses a conversational, anecdotal tone that encourages listeners to take an active approach to helping themselves. Special sections entitled "Learn by Doing" and "Shifting Perspectives" help develop the skills necessary to manage difficult experiences.

A busy and hectic life can profoundly affect your ability to get a good night's rest. And it's even more difficult to feel relaxed when you stay awake worrying that you won't fall asleep. This vicious circle can quickly rob you of your quality of life, which is why it is so important to seek the most effective treatment for your insomnia.

Aujourd'hui, les médias sociaux permettent d'être facilement sous le feu des projecteurs sociaux. En revanche, il y a de plus en plus de personnes qui ont des difficultés à maintenir des contacts sociaux et à sortir de l'isolement. Ce comportement d'évitement marqué n'a rien à voir avec la mauvaise humeur ou un certain hermétisme. La phobie sociale est une maladie mentale qui entraîne une grande souffrance chez les personnes concernées : La phobie sociale fait partie des troubles anxieux les plus courants.

Anxiety seems to be everywhere in today's world. But how do you know if you're experiencing anxiety, or something else? And what can you do to fix it? Renowned therapist and YouTube star Dr. Tracey Marks is known for her friendly, relatable style that helps followers of her YouTube channel recogize what's bothering them and then guides them to practical solutions that will help them manage their mental health issues.

Anxious, Avoidant, and Disorganized Attachment Recovery is a healthy relationship workbook that seeks to help you understand not only the roots of your attachment patterns, but also the tools to reshape them. You will gain powerful insights into your relationship dynamics that echo the imprints of childhood—shaped by who loved you, who let you down, and how those experiences live on in your heart.

One of the biggest challenges if you are an autistic adult (or suspect you might be) is navigating the situations that to the predominantly neurotypical population might appear completely benign but cause you huge stress, anxiety and worry. At work, at university, in social situations, in friendships, relationships, in shops, in unfamiliar environments - there are a wealth of things that can make you feel overwhelmed if the world is full of things that you feel nobody else notices but that cause you huge distress.