The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques Workbook

by Margaret Wehrenberg Psy.D.

The newly updated workbook companion for putting the top anxiety management techniques into practice. Brimming with exercises, worksheets, tips, and tools, this complete how-to workbook companion expands on the top 10 anxiety-busting techniques Margaret Wehrenberg presents in the earlier edition of this book, showing readers exactly how to put them into action. From panic disorders, generalized anxiety, and social anxiety, to overall worry and stress, manifestations of anxiety are among the most common―and often debilitating―mental health complaints. But thanks to a flood of supporting brain research, effective, practical strategies have emerged that allow us to manage day-to-day anxiety on our own. Here Dr. Wehrenberg offers us a trove of them, showing just how physical, emotional, and behavioral symptoms can be alleviated with targeted methods. Step-by-step exercises for practicing counter-cognition, mindfulness meditation, thought-stopping, and thought-replacement, "breathing minutes," demand delays, cued relaxation, affirmations, and much, much more are presented―all guaranteed to overcome your anxious thoughts.   The accompanying audio downloads feature an array of calming, author-guided exercises including targeted breath work, muscle relaxation, mindfulness, and much more.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Health

256 pages, Paperback

First published March 19, 2012

Reviews

[Diana · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a very nice book with a series of techniques for overcoming anxiety. Itbegans by telling you what anxiety is, what kinds there are and some tests to help you gauge if you are suffering from it or not. And then it goes to show you the 10 anxiety techniques:
*Related to the anxious body, as the author has put it:
- change your intake: so, basically, how you see the world and how you let it affect you
- breathe: some breathing exercises to help you mitigate anxious effects
- mindfulness: some relaxation techniques. TBH, I have a very hard time with it. I am so wired up I can't.
- relax: basically, allowing yourself some disconection times from work and such, so you can recharge and get back.

As far as today (March, 21st) this is as far as I've gotten with the lecture. I have to say that at least the part about managing the anxious body is more easily said than done, but is a good help. I guess it also depends on how high or not are your levels of anxiety, because ig they are high all of this can help you get more anxious (this kinda books do for me, as I want to read it all and digest it and then I find myself stressing more, but this is just me).

* Related to the anxious mind, as the author has put it:
- stop catastrophizing:
- stop anxious thoughts
- contain your worry
- talk yourself into changing behaviour

And finally:
- to implant a plan and practice.

[leali · Rating 3 out of 5]

War ganz in Ordnung - habe nicht so viel Neues gelernt, aber für Menschen, die sich noch nicht so viel mit dem Thema beschäftigt haben, könnte es hilfreich sein

[Art3mis · Rating 1 out of 5]

I found it to be a pretty dry Lecture to be honest. I also didn't get that much use out of the Tips in the Book. As someone who has done several Therapies already, hardly anything in this Book was new to me.