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Using cognitive behavioural therapy, this book will show you how to manage anxiety, in whatever form it appears. You will receive support or dealing with your anxiety problems, using self-assessment exercises and questionnaires. Discover how to be more resilient in the face of life's challenges, and find new, healthier ways of thinking that will free you from anxiety. Book jacket.

Windy Dryden is Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is a leading authority on anxiety and related issues, and the author or editor of over 150 books.

Meet the author	p. vii
In one minute	p. ix
Understanding the 'ABCDEs' of Rational-Emotive Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (RECBT)	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
What's in a name; why Rational-Emotive Cognitive Behaviour Therapy?	p. 2
The key ideas of RECBT	p. 2
RECBT's 'ABCDE' model	p. 5
How to use the 'ABCDE' model	p. 10
Give your informed consent and proceed	p. 12
Understanding anxiety and its healthy alternative, concern	p. 15
Understanding anxiety: the RECBT perspective	p. 15
Routinely used safety-seeking measures in anxiety	p. 21
Possible alternatives to anxiety	p. 23
Understanding concern: the RECBT perspective on the healthy alternative to anxiety	p. 26
Why you are prone to anxiety	p. 28
How you make yourself disturbed about anxiety	p. 32
Introduction	p. 32
Understanding the 'ABCs' of your secondary disturbance about anxiety	p. 33
Understanding healthy alternatives to secondary disturbance about anxiety using the 'ABCs' of RECBT	p. 45
How to manage anxiety: general principles and strategies	p. 51
Introduction	p. 51
General principles for managing anxiety	p. 52
How to manage performance-related anxiety	p. 69
Introduction	p. 69
Understanding test anxiety	p. 70
Using RECBT to manage performance-related anxiety	p. 85
Other issues	p. 101
How to manage social anxiety	p. 105
Introduction	p. 105
Understanding social anxiety	p. 105
Using RECBT to manage social anxiety	p. 133
Other issues	p. 148
How to manage health anxiety	p. 152
Introduction	p. 152
Understanding health anxiety	p. 152
Using RECBT to manage health anxiety	p. 159
How to manage anxiety about losing self-control	p. 170
Introduction	p. 170
Understanding anxiety about losing self-control	p. 171
Using RECBT to manage anxiety about losing self-control	p. 182
Other issues	p. 200
Appendices	p. 203
Index	p. 211
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Manage Anxiety Through CBT: A Teach Yourself Guide

Manage Anxiety Through CBT: A Teach Yourself Guide

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