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1 online resource (192 pages) |
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART 1: What You Need to Know; 1. Understanding Fears and Phobias; 2. Understanding Agoraphobia; 3. The Four Components of Agoraphobic Fear; 4. Why Your Agoraphobia Has Not Gone Away; 5. How to Make Your Agoraphobia Go Away; 6. Some Final Things to Consider Before You Start; PART 2: What You Need to Do; 7. Step 1: Setting RecoveryGoals and Objectives; 8. Step 2: Acquiring a Healthy Perspective and Useful Coping Strategies; 9. Step 3: Challenging Your Felt Beliefs about Danger. |
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10. Step 4: Overcoming Your Fear of Internal Sensations in the Absence of External Danger Signals11. Step 5: Overcoming Your Fear of Internal Sensations in the Presence of External Danger Signals; PART 3: Evaluating and Continuing Your Progress; 12. Maintaining Your Gains; 13. What to Do If You Get Stuck; APPENDIX A: Why Some People Develop Panic and Phobias; APPENDIX B: How Negative Automatic Thoughts Reflect Cognitive Traps; APPENDIX C: Factual Information about Symptom Attacks; APPENDIX D: The Physiology and Symptoms of Hyperventilation; Appendix E: Specific Feared Agoraphobic Situations. |
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APPENDIX F: WorksheetsReferences. |
| Summary |
The Agoraphobia Workbook is a self-help resource dedicated to helping readers overcome the disorder in all its forms. Formatted in an interactive, easy-to-follow style, this supportive workbook presents the latest and most effective techniques, including gradual exposure and desensitization exercises, plus information on avoiding relapses, managing setbacks, and finding further sources of help and support. With agoraphobia affecting an estimated three to six percent of Americans, this clinically proven handbook will help many face their fears and overcome this disorder. |
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Print version record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-181). |
| Subject |
Agoraphobia -- Treatment -- Popular works.
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Agoraphobia -- Treatment.
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Anxiety -- Treatment.
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Desensitization (Psychotherapy)
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Panic disorders -- Treatment.
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Self-help techniques.
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Medicine.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Anxieties & Phobias.
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SELF-HELP -- Anxieties & Phobias.
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Agoraphobia -- Treatment.
(OCoLC)fst00800432
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
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| Added Author |
Zuercher-White, Elke, 1945-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pollard, C. Alec. Agoraphobia Workbook : A Comprehensive Program to End Your Fear of Symptom Attacks. Oakland : New Harbinger Publications, ©2003 9781572243231 |
| ISBN |
9781608828012 (electronic bk.) |
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1608828018 (electronic bk.) |
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