Pass Through Panic: Freeing Yourself from Anxiety and Fear [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Claire Weekes (Author, Performer)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 5, 2005

In this eight-part radio series, Dr. Claire Weekes, bestselling author of Hope and Help for Your Nerves speaks to the listener intimately and compassionately about how to overcome anxiety, frustration, phobias, and depression. She coaches the listener on how to pass through panic and reach a place of strength and optimism. One of the first people to study and write about anxiety and panic disorders, Dr. Weekes was recognized by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to medicine. Her revolutionary approach is remarkably simple and effective and continues to be recommended by medical and psychological communities throughout the world.

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About the Author

DR. CLAIRE WEEKES (1903-1990), renowned Australian pioneer in panic disorders has helped millions of people recover from anxiety, panic, and phobic disorders. She is widely acclaimed for her revolutionary approach and has achieved distinction as the first woman Doctor of Science at the University of Sydney, and was recognized by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to medicine.

From AudioFile

PASS THROUGH PANIC is a compilation of eight radio lectures copyrighted in 1967 by the late Australian panic expert Claire Weekes. Her main points are valid enough--that fear and anxiety can be exaggerated reactions to stress and that a lot of emotional and physical illness is due to ignorance about people's normal stress responses. But the author's delivery has an authoritarian tone, and the content obviously doesn't benefit from the psychiatric and psychological advances that have been made in the past thirty years. The program is an artifact of self-help radio lore, but not a good resource for patients with panic or anxiety. T.W. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: HighBridge Company; Original radio broadcast; 2 hours on 2 CDs edition (May 5, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565119703
• ISBN-13: 978-1565119703
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,139 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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  • #23 in Books > Books on CD > Health, Mind & Body > Self Help
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93 of 94 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The reassuring voice of Dr. Claire Weekes., March 24, 2000

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Janice Adelson (New York, New York USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Pass Through Panic: Freeing Yourself From Anxiety and Fear (Audio Cassette)

Dr. Weekes' "Pass Through Panic" audio tapes provide a useful follow-up to her two exceptional books on panic and nervous suffering. I discovered the availability of the tapes years after I had read the books over and over again. I do recommend using Dr. Weekes' materials in that order: books first, and then the tapes. The tapes repeat, in a most personalized way, much of the material in the books. But, here you have the advantage of her strong, decisive but always reassuring, calm voice. Panic need not rule one's life. Dr. Weekes says as much with great authority and experience in the treatment of the problem. Always with warmth (much firmness, too), she builds the listener's confidence, urging every sufferer to heed her words and knowledge. A pioneer in what we now know as cognitive therapy, Dr. Weekes dispells the commonly held fears that assail the panic-stricken person. "Listen to me," she seems to command in a rich alto voice that delivers the messages of "acceptance," "floating," and "glimpsing" that will soon become familiar, helpful terms in coping with, and coming out of, states of nervous anxiety. Here are two wonderful tools to pack with a small tape player in one's purse or suitcase on that short or long trip...just in case.

58 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than any current "pill" could do..., September 8, 2003

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This review is from: Pass Through Panic: Freeing Yourself From Anxiety and Fear (Audio Cassette)

I have dealt with anxiety disorder for many years, most of those in an abject misery of non-living, until finally a counselor recommended Dr Weekes to me. Whereas a pill can help deaden the sensations, Dr Weekes has taught me how to turn off the panic button inside of myself. I still have moments of anxiety, but she has taught me how to stop the sudden rush of adrenalin from turning into blinding panic. This has given me my life, and she has my eternal gratitude. I recommend her techniques to everyone that i know who suffers from anxiety issues, I only hope that someday someone will listen to me, a person who's first recorded anxiety attack was at the age of 3; a person who knows that this is the real answer.

42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dr. Weekes understands how to cure panic, June 15, 2003

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This review is from: Pass Through Panic: Freeing Yourself From Anxiety and Fear (Audio Cassette)

If anyone out there has panic attacks, and agoraphobia (fear of leaving the house, traveling, sitting through movies, restaurants, etc - feeling trapped), you must read all Dr. Weekes's books and listen to her tapes. She understands how to get over panic. I did using her books. Panic is just the "second" fear that people start adding to harmless adrenaline physical symptoms in your body. It develops into a habit that can be unlearned. I know personally at least 5 other people cured by her method of face and accept the strange feelings, because they are harmless adrenaline that you are adding your own fear to - then eventually you stop escalating it into a panic attack. It is hard but is takes practice. Her books REALLY help. I cannot promote them enough. They saved me from agoraphobia and being virtually housebound.