The Compassionate-Mind Guide to Overcoming Anxiety: Using Compassion-Focused Therapy to Calm Worry, Panic, and Fear (The New Harbinger Compassion-Focused Therapy Series) - Softcover

Tirch PhD, Dennis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 160882036X ISBN 13: 9781608820368

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, 2012

Synopsis

Anxiety is not your fault. There are many factors that contribute to developing a mind that is prone to intense anxiety, and if you have such a mind, there are many things you can do to change the way it works. Research has shown that practicing kindness and compassion soothes experiences of fear, while self-critical thoughts tend to intensify them. If you become frustrated with your anxious reactions or consistently try to talk yourself out of your anxiety, it may be time to try a different approach.

The compassion-focused therapy (CFT) based program in The Compassionate-Mind Guide to Overcoming Anxiety will help you learn to be kinder to yourself while you soothe your anxious impulses. Complete with worksheets, exercises, and meditation practices, this book includes everything you need to learn mindfulness and compassion-focused skills for redirecting your anxious thoughts and allowing yourself to enjoy a more peaceful life.

By learning to be a compassionate witness to your own pain, you will also learn to be fully present in the moment, and develop healthier, more fluid ways of responding to life’s struggles. This resourceful guide aims to help you understand the nature of your anxiety, the best ways of dealing with it, and how your mind can help you cope with it.

 

About this title

About the Author

Dennis D. Tirch, PhD, is the Founding Director of the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion-Focused Therapy, President of The Compassionate Mind Foundation USA, and an Assistant Clinical Professor at Weill-Cornell Medical College. He is coauthor of books and articles on mindfulness, acceptance, and compassion, and maintains an active research program in these areas. Tirch is a fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, President of the NYC-CBT Association, and founding co-president of the New York City chapter of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science.

Foreword writer Paul Gilbert, PhD, is a professor at the University of Derby in the United Kingdom, director of the mental health research unit at Derbyshire Mental Health Trust, founder of compassion-focused therapy, and author of The Compassionate Mind.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 160882036X
• ISBN 13: 9781608820368
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232