Anxiety

Title:	The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook, 3rd edition
Author:	Edmund J. Bourne
Publisher:	Oakland, CA: New Harbinger
Publication Date:	2000
ISBN:	157224223X

Excellent, step-by-step resource for individuals searching for ways to cope with anxiety. The book is a practical and comprehensive guide that offers suggestions for dealing with a wide range of anxiety-spectrum disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder, panic attacks, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, agoraphobia, and other anxiety disorders. The book includes questionnaires, checklists, and exercises designed to help build skills to manage and reduce anxiety symptoms. There is something for everyone in this easy-to-read resource with topic areas including: causes of anxiety coping with panic attacks overcoming negative self-talk relaxation exercises visualization exercises



Title:	The Shyness & Social Anxiety Workbook: Proven Techniques for Overcoming Your Fears
Author:	Martin M. Antony and Richard P. Swinson
Publisher:	Oakland, CA: New Harbinger
Publication Date:	2000
ISBN:	1572242167

This workbook offers clear strategies designed to help overcome shyness and social anxiety. Part I of the book offers an opportunity to explore the specifics of anxiety and helps to create a context for understanding fears. Part II offers suggestions on how to overcome social anxiety, moving step-by-step through making a plan for change and then addressing specific strategies to reduce the level of social anxiety, including medication options, changing anxious thought patterns, and confronting fears through exposure.