An Introduction to Coping with Panic (An Introduction to Coping series)

Panic affects thousands of people in the UK and it can be effectively treated with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

Written by an experienced practitioner, this introductory booklet explains what panic attacks are and how they make you feel. It will help the reader to understand their symptoms and is ideal as an immediate coping strategy and as a preliminary to fuller therapy.

How panic attacks develop and what keeps them going.

The link between your thoughts and your panic attacks.

Case studies.

Breathing techniques.

Dr Charles Young is based in the Department of Psychology at Rhodes University, South Africa, where he has co-ordinated professional training programmes in clinical and counselling psychology. He previously worked at the Primary Care Psychological Treatment Service in Cambridge, UK. Much of his work involves the provision of brief psychological approaches to alleviate anxiety and depression. He helped to develop a pioneering service in primary care based on self-help approaches to help alleviate a range of common psychological problems.