Face your fears : a proven plan to beat anxiety, panic, phobias, and obsessions

This updated, evidence based, user friendly self help guide to beating phobias and overcoming anxieties walks you step by step through the process of choosing courage and freedom over fear. In face your fears, celebrated therapist dr. David tolin introduces a highly effective and scientifically prov-en treatment called exposure therapy, in which you gradually confront your fears. Drawing on moving stories from the hundreds of patients he has treated successfully, dr. Tolin defines the six different types of anxiety and helps you determine which type you need to overcome. He guides you step by step through the gradual exposure process as you learn how to eliminate crutches and safety behaviors, address scary thoughts and examine the evidence. Youll learn how to track your progress and youll feel yourself taking back control of your life one exposure at a time.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Part 1. The Face Your Fears Program to Beat Anxiety

1.Faces of Fear ?
2.What is Fear ?
3.Why Face Fears ?
4.The Principles of Exposure
5.Planning Exposures
6.Conducting Exposures
6.Conducting Exposures
7.Eliminating Safety Behaviours
8.Addressing Scary Thoughts, Examining
the Evidence

Part II. Facing the Different Kinds of Ear

9.Beating Fears os Specific Situations or Objects
10.Beating Fears of Body Sensations
11.Beating Social and Performance Fears
12.Beating Obsessive Fears
13.Beating Excessive Worries
14.Beating Post-Traumatic Fears

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Part III.Face Your Fears for Life

15.Tracking your Progress
16.The Long Run
17.Supplementing the Face Your Fears Program