Anxiety & Depression Workbook For Dummies [Paperback]

Charles H. Elliott PhD (Author), Laura L. Smith PhD (Author), Aaron T. Beck MD (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 7, 2005

From identifying your triggers to improving your relationships -- manage your emotional wellbeing

Struggling to cope with anxiety and/or depression? Have no fear -- this hands-on guide focuses on helping you pinpoint the root of your problems and find relief from your symptoms in a detailed, step-by-step manner. With concise, eye-opening exercises, you'll understand how to assess your current situation, remove the roadblocks to change, face your fears, and improve your view of yourself and the world around you. You'll see how to take direct action to alter negative or distorted thinking, lift your moods, and adopt positive habits that will lead you toward a more joyful, meaningful, and connected life!

Discover
* How to improve the way you feel about yourself
* Skills to face and overcome what makes you anxious or depressed
* How to determine whether medication is an option for you
* Practical ways to prepare for and deal with setbacks

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

From identifying your triggers to improving your relationships — manage your emotional wellbeing

Struggling to cope with anxiety and/or depression? Have no fear — this hands-on guide focuses on helping you pinpoint the root of your problems and find relief from your symptoms in a detailed, step-by-step manner. With concise, eye-opening exercises, you'll understand how to assess your current situation, remove the roadblocks to change, face your fears, and improve your view of yourself and the world around you. You'll see how to take direct action to alter negative or distorted thinking, lift your moods, and adopt positive habits that will lead you toward a more joyful, meaningful, and connected life!

Discover

• How to improve the way you feel about yourself
• Skills to face and overcome what makes you anxious or depressed
• How to determine whether medication is an option for you
• Practical ways to prepare for and deal with setbacks

About the Author

Charles H. Elliot, PhD, and Laura L. Smith, PhD, are practicing clinical psychologists and faculty members at the Fielding Graduate Institute.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (November 7, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764597930
• ISBN-13: 978-0764597930
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,163 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Way to Overcome Anxiety and Depression, August 4, 2009

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Meryl K. Smith (Ann Arbor, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anxiety & Depression Workbook For Dummies (Paperback)

This book is amazing! I would recommend this book to anyone. It is very inclusive and really makes you look at all aspect of your anxiety and depression and their root cause. By analyzing your feelings, thoughts, and history you start a self-awareness process that allows for recovery.

I have personally dealt with anxiety my entire life- 23 years. In that time I have concentrated on "fixing" it for the last 8. I have seen counselors, medications, psychiatrist, and read many self help books. This book is the first that actually has helped considerably. I can not stress enough that it really makes you take a look at yourself, which is where the healing lies. If you are unwilling, or unable to take a hard look at the truth, and get real with yourself- nothing is going to work for you!

I contacted the authors- and they returned my e-mail same day! You don't see that very often, these people know what they are doing, and exactly how to do it! Thank you.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the"Dummies" book to start with, January 20, 2008

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Terence Neill (Tacoma, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anxiety & Depression Workbook For Dummies (Paperback)

In hindsight, I wish that I had started with the "Anxiety for Dummies" and the "Depression for Dummies" books first. I found that in my condition of extreme anxiety and depression there was much to high school like work to be studied over. The authors probably meant it to be set up this way, on ways to deal with your mental conditions after you understand them. So I blame myself for jumping straight into the "Workbook" phase which I found to be quite tedious under my current condition.
Sincerely, Terence Neill.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great help for GAD, February 25, 2009

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Ulrike Fieglein "german reader" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anxiety & Depression Workbook For Dummies (Paperback)

It is a great workbook. It helps a lot and it is easy to follow. Even when you are in the middle of a anxious phase. Great for anxiety, panic attacks and depression.