Anxiety and Avoidance: A Universal Treatment for Anxiety, Panic and Fear

Author(s): MICHAEL A TOMPKINS

Health & Self-help

Do you suffer from panic, anxiety, and fear in your day to day life? Do you avoid social situations, activities like driving, or even going to the store because of a fear of being overwhelmed or tiggering a panic attack? You might be interested to know that anxiety disorders are the most common mental health disorders in the United States. In Anxiety and Avoidance, psychologist and anxiety disorder expert Michael Tompkins presents a universal protocol to help you cope with anxiety, panic, and fear, regardless of your particular mental health diagnosis. This universal protocol is based on David H. Barlow's 'unified protocol,' and is a cognitive behavioral approach. Tompkins also draws on mindfulness-based therapies such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) that have been used successfully in the treatment of anxiety disorders for years. The book includes present-moment awareness (mindfulness) techniques, motivational tools for overcoming experimental avoidance, and cognitive tools for reframing anxiety and fear. In addition, you will learn how to use your personal values as a vehicle for lasting change. While most anxiety treatments have focused on symptom redcution, this book teaches you the skills needed to better handle the underlying emotional reactions that lead to anxiety and panic in the first place. If you are ready to stop avoiding situations that cause you to panic and get back to living a full life, this book is a powerful resource that can help you make a lasting change using an innovative, transdiagnostic approach.


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"This book provides a refreshingly modern perspective on anxiety, panic, and fears. Packed with valuable exercises and drawing on strategies from three evidence-based therapies, the book provides readers with a variety of tools to address their difficulties in a more effective way." --James Bennett-Levy, associate professor at the University of Sydney; coeditor of the "Oxford Guide to Behavioral Experiments in Cognitive Therapy" and "Oxford Guide to Low Intensity CBT Interventions"; and coauthor of the "Oxford Guide to Imagery in Cognitive Therapy"

Michael A. Tompkins, PhD, is a founding partner of the San Francisco Bay Area Centre for Cognitive Therapy, diplomate of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, and assistant clinical professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of OCD: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed (New Harbinger 2012) and Digging Out: Helping Your Loved One Manage Clutter, Hoarding and Compulsive Acquiring (with Tamara L.Hartl, New Harbinger, 2009). He lives in the greater San Francisco Bay area.

General Fields

  • : 9781608826698
  • : New Harbinger Publications
  • : New Harbinger Publications
  • : 0.4
  • : September 2013
  • : 253mm X 12mm X 204mm
  • : December 2013
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : MICHAEL A TOMPKINS
  • : MICHAEL A TOMPKINS
  • : illustrations
  • : illustrations
  • : VF
  • : VF
  • : 224
  • : 224
  • : 616.852206
  • : 616.852206
  • : Paperback
  • : Paperback