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Summary: Good but not the best
Review: Although this book provides useful information about cognitive (thought) and relaxation strategies that help reduce anxiety, it is not the best available. A better self-help book is THE ANXIETY & PHOBIA WORKBOOK (3rd. Ed.) by Edmund Bourne. Bourne provides more detailed information about and a wider variety of relaxation techniques as well as more information about the rationale behind and research support for the techniques. Lee J. Markowitz, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)
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Summary: Good but not the best
Review: Although this book provides useful information about cognitive (thought) and relaxation strategies that help reduce anxiety, it is not the best available. A better self-help book is THE ANXIETY & PHOBIA WORKBOOK (3rd. Ed.) by Edmund Bourne. Bourne provides more detailed information about and a wider variety of relaxation techniques as well as more information about the rationale behind and research support for the techniques. Lee J. Markowitz, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)
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Summary: Excellent guidelines for people who suffer from phobias
Review: I knew a brilliant young man who suffered from panic attacks who did not cope and finally committed suicide. So unnecessary! If only he could have read or rather "worked through" this book. And this is what this book requires from you. I just hope that books such as this one could demistify perceptions regarding panic, anxiety and phobias. It could result in creating a general acceptance and understanding of these conditions - saving lifes!
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Summary: Useful but not enough
Review: I read the book, and am fortunate enough to reside in the same town where Shirley Babior practices. I can't say enough about how she, and the advice in her book, have changed my life. I refer to the book very often because it is an ongoing process to overcome difficult Panic and Anxiety disorder. This book saved me from a future that was certain to be wracked with a lot of unnecessary worry, fear, phobia, and anxieties I thought would never end!!
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Summary: Noteworthy primer on addressing anxiety and phobias
Review: This is a small book but it has all the essentials one needs to address anxiety and phobias. Babior and Goldman have done a fine job condensing necessary strategies and providing examples.
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Summary: Useful but not enough
Review: While I liked what this book offered, it did not offer enough. I wanted something that gave me a great deal more information and insight and not just a few basics and exercises. What the authors do, however, they do well. I like how they write. After I read this book I read Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe which I found much more enlightening, insightful, personal and useful.
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