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Books on Anxiety & Panic Disorders


The Anxiety Workbook for Teens: Activities to Help You Deal with Anxiety and Worry
Lisa Schab LCSW

If you feel anxious most of the time, you're not alone. About one in three people your age struggles with feelings of worry, fear, and panic. And the scary thing is, if you don't find a way to cope with anxiety, it can get worse as you get older. The good news is that there are a lot of effective techniques you can use, both on your own and with the help of a counselor, to reduce your feelings of anxiety and learn how to keep them from taking over your life. This workbook offers a set of simple activities you can do to make it happen.

The Anxiety Workbook for Teens will show you how to deal with the day-to-day challenges of anxiety. It will help you develop a positive self-image and recognize your anxious thoughts. The workbook also includes resources for seeking additional help and support if you decide you need it. What are you waiting for? Don't spend another minute paralyzed by anxiety.


My Anxious Mind: A Teen's Guide to Managing Anxiety and Panic
By Michael A. Tompkins

Anxiety can make everything seem unmanageable-from dealing with family and friends to managing schoolwork and extracurricular activities. It's been estimated that between 9 and 15 million teens in the United States suffer from phobias, panic attacks, or extreme worry or anxiety. That's a lot of teens!My Anxious Mindhelps teens take control of their anxious feelings by providing cognitive-behavioral strategies to tackle anxiety head-on and to feel more confident and empowered in the process.My Anxious Mindalso offers ways for teens with anxiety to improve their inter-personal skills, whether it be with friends, family, or teachers; manage stress; handle panic attacks; use diet and exercise appropriately; and decide whether medication is right for them.


Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You From Anxiety, Fear and Panic
By Jeffrey Brantley and Jon Kabat-Zinn

This compassionate self help book teaches the principle of mindfulness to relieve a wide range of stress-related conditions. Mindfulness is receptive, non-judgmental, present- moment awareness, a state of focusing attention only on the here and now. The book teaches skills for calming and relaxing the mind and body.


Coping with Anxiety: 10 Simple Ways to Relieve Anxiety, Fear, and Worry Edmund J. Bourne, Lorna Garano

Anxiety affects 25 million people in the United States, and treatment can be difficult and daunting. This self help book takes a sensible, clinically based approach by teaching ten simple steps. The tips range from "thinking realistically" to "taking constructive coping actions" and include friendly exercises for combating a particular aspect of anxiety.


Don’t Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks
Reid Wilson

This self help book offers an accessible and practical self-help program for reducing and eliminating incapacitating panic attacks. The author explains how attacks occur and provides a detailed five-step strategy for controlling the moment of panic. He shows how to use breathing exercises, focused thinking and mental imagery to elicit the body’s natural “Calming Response.”


An End to Panic: Breakthrough Techniques for Overcoming Panic Disorder
Elke Zuercher-White

A useful cognitive-behavioral handbook which focuses on changing thoughts, beliefs and behaviors to reduce anxiety. This highly regarded self help book for people with panic disorders teaches readers how to feel the symptoms of anxiety without the anxiety itself, and includes ways to cope with stress and conflict, fearful situations, as well as how to avoid relapse.


Helping Your Anxious Child: A Step-By-Step Guide for Parents
Sue Spence, Vanessa Cobham, Ann Wignall

All kids get scared, but some fears can escalate into paranoia’s with long-term ramifications. This step-by-step self help guide tackles the why, how, and what now of anxiety disorders. Written in everyday language, it describes in detail strategies and techniques parents can combine into a comprehensive self-help program for managing a child's worry while building confidence and self-control.

Retraining the Brain: A 45-Day Plan to Conquer Stress and Anxiety
by Frank Lawlis

With his bestselling books, Frank Lawlis has brought psychological relief to millions. In his latest book, he addresses one of the most common challenges of everyday life - dealing with stress and anxiety.