The Agoraphobia Workbook: A Comprehensive Program to End Your Fear of Symptom Attacks - Softcover

Pollard PhD, C. Alec; Zuercher-White, Elke

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572243236 ISBN 13: 9781572243231

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, 2003

Synopsis

Being agoraphobic can take many forms, and most people with agoraphobia are not complete shut-ins. Instead, they may have trouble walking outside alone for fear of feeling dizzy and falling down, or be afraid of driving on the freeway because they might faint, or avoid public venues for fear of losing physical or emotional control in a crowded place. Whatever form agoraphobia takes, it is a highly treatable and surprisingly common anxiety disorder.

The Agoraphobia Workbook can help you or someone you love overcome agoraphobia in any of its forms. The book offers clear information about how the disorder develops and a practical, step-by-step treatment strategy you can use to control specific fears and symptoms. In an interactive, easy-to-follow style, the workbook takes you through exposure and desensitization exercises. By taking it step-by-step, you can work up to formerly difficult tasks like walking outside, driving, taking public transportation, and going to stores and malls. The book also includes tips on avoiding relapses, managing setbacks, and finding help and support.

About this title

About the Authors

C. Alec Pollard, PhD, is director of the Center for OCD and Anxiety-Related Disorders (COARD), and professor of family and community medicine at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Pollard is a licensed psychologist who works with a range of obsessive-compulsive and anxiety-related disorders, with a special interest in patients ambivalent about or resistant to therapy. He serves as a reviewer for a number of professional journals and conference program committees, and has authored and coauthored more than eighty-five publications, including two books: The Agoraphobia Workbook and Dying of Embarrassment.

Elke Zuercher-White, PhD received her degree from the University of Louisville, Kentucky and has been specializing in anxiety disorders for over fifteen years. She is certified in the psychosocial treatment of panic disorder by Psychosocial Therapeutic Systems and in group psychotherapy by the National Registry of Certified Group Psychotherapists (affiliated with the American Group Psychotherapy Association). She is a pioneer in the use of group therapy to treat panic disorder and has given numerous addresses and training workshops on anxiety disorders throughout North and South America.

She has been on the staff of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Group since 1981 and maintains a private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the author of An End to Panic and The Agoraphobia Workbook.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572243236
• ISBN 13: 9781572243231
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192