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Summary: Anxiety...Panic Attacks...Depression? Read on!
Review: My daughter was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. How could I not feel depressed, anxious and worried? I knew that my worry and anxiety was becoming a habit. I found that I actually felt guilty if I was not worrying! I was afraid that by not worrying, it was an indication that I didn't care what happened to my daughter. I found that I was caught up in a spiral of ongoing negativity. I was becoming the victim of my own thinking. Self-Coaching taught me the difference between circumstance-driven anxiety (that which is unavoidable) and insecurity-driven (that which is avoidable). When I began to address the other areas in my life (my insecurities) I was able to stop adding needless anxiety and rumination to my burden. Self-Coaching has given me the confidence, I need, to handle my insecurities, fears and anxieties. Dr. Luciani's book has truly been a God-send to me!
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Summary: Stop worrying without the guilt!
Review: My daughter was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. How could I not feel depressed, anxious and worried? I knew that my worry and anxiety was becoming a habit. I found that I actually felt guilty if I was not worrying! I was afraid that by not worrying, it was an indication that I didn't care what happened to my daughter. I found that I was caught up in a spiral of ongoing negativity. I was becoming the victim of my own thinking. Self-Coaching taught me the difference between circumstance-driven anxiety (that which is unavoidable) and insecurity-driven (that which is avoidable). When I began to address the other areas in my life (my insecurities) I was able to stop adding needless anxiety and rumination to my burden. Self-Coaching has given me the confidence, I need, to handle my insecurities, fears and anxieties. Dr. Luciani's book has truly been a God-send to me!
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Summary: Look No Further than to Dr. Luciani.
Review: Thank you Dr. Luciani for your insightful book. I've been struggling with Anxiety and Panic since I was 8. I'm now 41. Of all of the books I've read and all of the doctors I've seen, your "theory" is the one I KNOW to be the truth! You have laid out the roadmap from A to Z. I feel like buying an extra copy and putting it in a safe place just in case if something happens to this one! Thank you for your wisdom and understanding. It's invaluable!
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Summary: Fantastic! Not just for anxiety and depression!
Review: This book is fantastic, not just for anxiety and depression, but for issues of self-esteem, shyness, excessive introversion, anger, perfectionism, etc. I am exploring all these things in therapy and with medication, but felt that there was something more, some common thread, common cause...and the author has found it.This book really helps you get to the root problem that all these have in common. Deep-seated insecurity and lack of trust in oneself to handle what life throws at you. Hard to admit, but it is the beginning of healing. The author shows how this insecurity (what he calls the Insecure Child), tries to maintain control of oneself and the outside world through immature coping strategies learned in, and repeated since childhood. If you are a self-help junkie like me who has read countless books, but the result has only been "understanding" your issues better, but never overcoming them, I urge you to give these techniques a try. At first read, they seem too simplistic, to simple, but in simple things there is power. Give it a try! What have you got to lose, except the misery you're living in?
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Summary: affirmations
Review: This book may be good for those who have not at least already tried using positive affirmations in their life, but other than that, that is basically what most of this book stresses, other than categorizing you into a certain type of animal such as a hedgehog or a turtle, etc. Some case histories and positive affirmations, but much more would be needed for someone with true anxiety and depression.
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Summary: Dr. Joseph Luciani does it again with Self-Coaching!
Review: With an amazing combination of style and psychological insight, Dr. Luciani has written what will soon be seen as the next breakthrough in bibliotherapy and self-help. Using over 25 years of clinical experience, Dr. Luciani explains how to overcome depression and anxiety by confronting the irrational insecurity at the foundation of these disorders. He uses numerous case descriptions to illustrate the self-coaching technique, which makes the book easy to follow and the techniques easy to apply. In addition to looking at depression and anxiety, several maladaptive personality styles are examined in a self-coaching framework to treat a wide range of psychopathlogical behavior. There is no doubt that all readers can benefit from the revolutionary and powerful therapeutic tools that make up Self-Coaching.
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