Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic: Workbook [Paperback]

The fifth edition ofMastery of Your Anxiety and Panic, Workbook, has been fully revised and updated to offer helpful, scientifically proven strategies and techniques for dealing with both panic disorder and agoraphobia. The program outlined is based on the principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and is organized by skill, with each chapter building on the one before it.The fifth edition ofMastery of Your Anxiety and Panic, Workbook, has been fully revised and updated to offer helpful, scientifically proven strategies and techniques for dealing with both panic disorder and agoraphobia. The program outlined is based on the principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and is organized by skill, with each chapter building on the one before it. TheWorkbookcovers the importance of record-keeping and monitoring progress, as well as breathing techniques and thinking skills, with the main focus of the treatment involving the importance of learning how to face agoraphobic situations, and the often-frightening physical symptoms of panic, from an entirely new perspective. Self-assessment quizzes, homework exercises, and interactive forms allow clients to become active participants in their own treatment, and to learn to manage panic attacks, anxiety about panic, and avoidance of panic and agoraphobic situations.Chapter 1: The Nature of Panic Disorder and AgoraphobiaPART I: BASICSChapter 2: Learning to Record Panic and AnxietyChapter 3: Negative Cycles of Panic and AgoraphobiaChapter 4: Panic Attacks Are Not HarmfulPART II: COPING SKILLSChapter 5: Establishing Your Hierarchy of Agoraphobia SituationsChapter 6: Breathing SkillsChapter 7: Thinking SkillsPART III: EXPOSURE TO FEARED SYMPTOMS AND SITUATIONSChapter 8: Facing Physical SymptomsChapter 9: Facing Agoraphobia SituationsChapter 10: Involving OthersPART IV: PLANNING FOR THE FUTUREChapter 11: MedicationsChapter 12: Accomplishments, Maintenance, and Relapse PreventionAppendix: Answers tl£Å