Customer Reviews
Ok - By: J. Tomaas, 25 Jul 2008 
Very good at describing anxiety, but waffle when it came to dealing with anxiety; overcomplicated, time consuming & I felt inadequate to help me...
A very useful and helpful book for anxiety sufferers - By: Jim, 06 Jun 2008 
I found this book to very helpful & useful with some excellent techniques in dealing with Anxiety. As a generalised book it will have some parts more useful or relevant than others, but this is to be expected.
It is very readable & avoids getting bogged down with too many complicated or arduous theories or practices.
Good in Parts - By: , 29 Sep 2004 
This book offers perhaps the best description of what anxiety is & how it effects us that I have ever read. It is extrememly good for gathering information on anxiety then. However, it is much less good when it comes to the techniques for actuallly overcoming the anxiety. For example the section on Challlenging Worrying Thoughts does not list enough 'cognitive distortions'. It allludes to 'Jumping to Conclusions' without explaining it properly. The section on Distraction is not completely clear either. I am glad i read it for information, but will look elsewhere for techniques for overcoming anxiety. The worksheets are also not as convenient as those in other cognitive therapy books.
This book is a must for anyone suffering from anxiety - By: Susan Bone (boneysjoint@aol.com), 01 Mar 2002 
Having suffered for many years from anxiety & thinking it was quite "normal" to feel that way, this book was a revelation. It is very easy to understand, it explains in a most simple way the reasons anxiety is such a problem for some people & not for others. In a step by step form it takes the reader through a process of self help & self understanding. One of the benefits is you can work at your own speed, you can work alone or enlist help from family or friends. It has passages from fellow anxiety sufferers, which makes the reader realise they are not alone with their problems. Having worked through this book & its Cognitive Behavioral approach myself, I found its contents most enlightening & it certainly helped me to work though & overcome my problems. I highly recommend this book for anyone suffering from anxiety.
