Power Over Panic: Freedom From Panic/Anxiety Related Disorders [Paperback]

Bronwyn Fox (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 25, 1999

This is the U.S. revision of a best-selling book from Australia that has helped thousands of people overcome the lifestyle limitations of panic and anxiety disorders. It is a creative and simple five-step approach that does not require drugs and relies on cognitive and mindfulness meditation techniques. Based upon award winning programs and workshops, this book contains numerous case histories, up-to-date research findings and a foreword written by Australian television star Garry McDonald, who was cured using this approach after 20 years of struggling with panic. attacks.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This is a truly wonderful book. I mean, just look at it! It contains an easily manageable five-step plan to recovery, it's just over one hundred pages long and you can read it in under an hour...When I first read this book I felt such a tremendous sense of relief and joy. I wasn't mad. I wasn't imagining it. I was definitely not a drama queen. I wasn't alone and my disorder was treatable without medication... -- Gary McDonald, Australian actor

About the Author

Bronwyn Fox is a remarkable woman who suffered with panic attacks for four years. She researched and developed techniques that led to her own cure 11 years ago and went on to become a major force in educating the Australian mental health system to better recognize and treat anxiety disorders. She became CEO of the Panic Anxiety Disorder Association in Australia and won the prestigious Silver Award for mental health achievement from the Australian and New Zealand government. Currently she consults for anxiety disorder associations, offers workshops in Australia and is researching another book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 124 pages
• Publisher: Shakti River Pr; Revised edition (January 25, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962732710
• ISBN-13: 978-0962732713
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,435,618 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Understanding,experience and authority, January 24, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Power Over Panic: Freedom From Panic/Anxiety Related Disorders (Paperback)

Power Over Panic is written with the authority of great experience in treating anxiety disorders AND with the compassion and understanding of someone who's been there.She has.This was the first book I found that talked "to" me and not just "about" me,as I went through the most bewildering and frightening experience of my life. Bronwyn Fox is also one of the few writers who has a great depth of knowledge of dissociation (feelings of unreality,feeling out of body)that so often continue to frighten the anxious person.

If you need to be reassured before buying her book check out The Panic and Anxiety Hub on the web and read about her workshops and simple (but not easy)methods of recovery. I'm making real progress with Power Over Panic and I highly recommend it as a stand alone book or in conjuction with professional treatment or other self help methods (Dr. Claire Weekes is another good one!).Thank You Bronwyn Fox!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An amazingly simple approach!, April 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Power Over Panic: Freedom From Panic/Anxiety Related Disorders (Paperback)

I have read at least 10 books on panic and anxiety, completed an at-home study program, and undergone cognitive behavioral therapy in an effort to overcome my disorder. I cannot begin to tell you what a difference Power Over Panic has made in my recovery! I made more progress in three months using Bronwyn's method, than with all the other books and methods combined! Her approach is so simple, you almost doubt it can work. But it does! Of course, you still have to do the work, and recovery is not always smooth sailing, but it is well worth the effort! Freedom, here I come!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE ANSWER TO THE PUZZLE!, October 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Power Over Panic: Freedom From Panic/Anxiety Related Disorders (Paperback)

I wish I could give this book 1000 stars. .... The power of meditation is outlined as the main key to recovery - along with cognitive behavioural therapy and a understanding of disocciation. A new concept: dissociation is discussed as a sometimes quick trance like state causing derealisation/depersonalisation and occuring before the actual panic attack - often triggering panic attacks. This is mainly a drug free approach...My special thank you goes to Bronwyn Fox for helping me more than she will ever know by writing this book.