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The mindfulness & acceptance workbook for anxiety : a guide to breaking free from anxiety, phobias & worry using acceptance & commitment therapy / John P. Forsyth, PHD, Georg H. Eifert, PHD

by Forsyth, John P.

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New Harbinger Publications, Inc., 2016.

616.8522 F735m 2016

Anxiety disorders -- Treatment.

Phobias -- Treatment.

Worry -- Prevention.

Acceptance and commitment therapy.

New Harbinger self-help workbook.

9781626253346 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Mindfulness and acceptance workbook for anxiety

xiv, 342 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Previous edition published in 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-342)

Choose a new approach to get a different outcome -- You are not alone: understanding anxiety and its disorders -- Confronting the core problem: living to avoid fear and anxiety -- Myths about anxiety and its disorders -- Letting go of old myths opens up new opportunities -- Facing the costs to take charge of your life -- What matters more to you: managing your anxiety or living a good life? -- Ending your struggle with anxiety is the solution -- You control your choices, actions, and destiny -- Getting into your life with mindful acceptance -- Learning mindful acceptance -- Taking control of your life -- Finding your values -- Breaking free from anxiety -- Bringing compassion to your anxiety -- Developing comfort in your own skin -- Developing comfort with your judgmental mind -- Making peace with a difficult past -- Moving toward a valued life -- Staying the course and living your values

Is anxiety and fear a problem for you? Have you tried to win the war with your anxious mind and body, only to end up feeling frustrated, powerless, and stuck? You're not alone. But there is a way forward, a path into genuine happiness, and a way back into living the kind of life you so desperately want. This workbook will help you get started. Now in its second edition, it offers a new approach to your anxiety, fears, and your life. You'll find a powerful and tested set of tools and strategies to help you gain freedom from fear, trauma, worry, and all the many manifestations of anxiety and fear. An empowering approach to help you create the kind of life you so desperately want to live. Based on a revolutionary approach to psychological health and wellness called acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), this fully revised edition offers compelling new exercises to help you create the conditions for your own genuine happiness and peace of mind. Learn how your mind can trap you, keeping you stuck and struggling in anxiety and fear. Discover ways to nurture your capacity for acceptance, mindfulness, kindness, and compassion, and use these qualities to weaken the power of anxiety and fear so that you can gain the space do what truly matters to you. Now is the time. John P. Forsyth has a doctorate in clinical psychology, and is professor of psychology and director of the Anxiety Disorders Research Program at the University at Albany, SUNY, in Upstate New York.

Eifert, Georg H., 1952-

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