Face Your Fears : A Proven Plan to Beat Anxiety, Panic, Phobias, and Obsessions

by Tolin, David

• ISBN13: 9781118016732
• ISBN10: 1118016734
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-01-18
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Reclaim your life from crippling anxiety with this revolutionary step-by-step approach Nearly a third of all people will suffer from severe or debilitating fears-phobias, panic attacks, obsessions, worries, and more-over the course of a lifetime. Now Dr. David Tolin-a renowned psychologist and scientist at the Institute of Living and Yale featured on such programs as The OCD Project, Hoarders, The Dr. Oz Show, and Oprah-offers help for nearly every type of anxiety disorder. Dr. Tolin explains what fear really is, why you should face-not avoid-your fear, and how to beat your fear using gradual exposure techniques. Practical action steps and exercises help you learn this unique approach to facing fear without crutches or other unhelpful things found in many other programs in order to achieve a life that is free of debilitating anxieties. Self-help guide that gives you the tools to take charge and overcome your fears Written by a leading authority on anxiety and based on the latest research Provides a practical, step-by-step plan for beating many different kinds of fears-including social anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and phobias Face Your Fears will change the way you think about fear and what to do about it. This up-to-date, evidence-based, and user-friendly self-help guide to beating phobias and overcoming anxieties walks you step by step through the process of choosing courage and freedom over fear.

Author Biography

Dr. DAVID TOLIN is the founding Director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at the Institute of Living and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. In the last few years, he has been a guest on Good Morning America, the Today show, and The Dr. Oz Show and also appeared on Oprah. Also the coauthor of Buried in Treasures, Dr. Tolin hosted the eight-part VH1 series The OCD Project and was a featured expert on the A&E series Hoarders. He has served as a scientific reviewer and principal investigator for the National Institutes of Health.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
The Face Your Fears Program to Beat Anxiety
Faces of Fear	p. 3
What Is Fear?	p. 27
Why Face Fears?	p. 46
The Principles of Exposure	p. 69
Planning Exposures	p. 80
Conducting Exposures	p. 102
Eliminating Safety Behaviors	p. 113
Addressing Scary Thoughts, Examining the Evidence	p. 132
Facing the Different Kinds of Fear
Beating Fears of Specific Situations or Objects	p. 157
Beating Fears of Body Sensations	p. 168
Beating Social and Performance Fears	p. 182
Beating Obsessive Fears	p. 192
Beating Excessive Worries	p. 203
Beating Post-Traumatic Fears	p. 214
Face Your Fears for Life
Tracking Your Progress	p. 229
The Long Run	p. 242
Supplementing the Face Your Fears Program	p. 259
Appendix	p. 275
Notes	p. 277
Resources	p. 279
Index	p. 283
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