When Perfect Isn't Good Enough: Strategies for Coping with Perfectionism - Softcover

Antony, Martin M.; Swinson, Richard P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572241241 ISBN 13: 9781572241244

Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Inc, 1998

Synopsis

Two psychologists explain the phenomenon of perfectionism and outline a methodical program for overcoming it, including a series of exercises designed to help readers challenge their unrealistic expectations and identify situations where perfectionism arises. Original. IP.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This revised and updated edition of When Perfect Isn't Good Enough offers the benefits of the latest research to readers who dread making mistakes and feel that nothing they do is quite good enough.

About the Author:

Martin M. Antony, PhD, is professor in the department of psychology at Ryerson University in Toronto, ON, Canada, where he also served as department chair and graduate program director. Previously, he was founding director of both the Anxiety Treatment and Research Clinic and the Psychology Residency Program at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. He is also past president of the Canadian Psychological Association. Antony has published thirty books, and more than 225 scientific articles and book chapters, mostly in areas related to cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), social anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, specific phobia, and perfectionism. He has received a number of prestigious awards, and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the American and Canadian Psychological associations, the Association for Psychological Science, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies. Antony has trained and supervised numerous students in psychology, psychiatry, social work, and other disciplines. He has given more than 300 workshops and presentations to professionals across four continents. He has also been interviewed, featured, or quoted more than 450 times in various print, radio, television, and online media outlets, including CBC, CNN, CTV, The Globe and Mail, National Post, Toronto Star, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Chatelaine, O, The Oprah Magazine, Reader’s Digest, Prevention, Scientific American Mind, and many others.

About this edition

• Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1572241241
• ISBN 13: 9781572241244
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 252