Overcoming Anxiety : A Books on Prescription Title

Overcoming Anxiety : A Books on Prescription Title
ISBN: 9781849018784
Publication Date: 1 August 2014

A self-help guide using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques

Fully updated edition of the bestselling self-help book, now recommended on the national Books on Prescription 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. It includes an introduction to the nature of anxiety and stress and a complete self-help programme with monitoring sheets based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

About the Author

Helen Kennerley is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and a founder member of the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre, where she is the director of the Diploma / MSc in Advanced Cognitive Therapy Studies. She is an experienced clinician specialising in childhood trauma, dissociative disorders, and self-injurious behaviours. She has made valuable contributions to the field of cognitive therapy through her popular workshops and her writings. Amongst other publications, she is the author of Overcoming Anxiety and Overcoming Childhood Trauma and co-author of An introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. In 2002, Helen was also voted one of the most influential female cognitive therapists in Britain by BABCP members.