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- ISBN13: 9781572244993
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- Notes: Brаחԁ Nеw frοm Publisher. Nο Remainder Mаrk.
Product Description
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February 11, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Let’s start with the printing error (page 6):
“Each audio exercise comes in female – and – male voice versions. Choose the version that works best for you”.
There is NO male version. And this is a problem because I find the female voice to lack authenticity. I contacted Harbinger about this and they aver it’s a printing error. A product that lacks a promised feature is worse than a printing error.
The material is solid enough. As a follower (client and professional) of psychodynamic psychiatric help, I’m open to alternative approaches to remedial, and this workbook does provide practical approaches to human distress as well as living a “life of quality”. But the constant “poo poo’ing” of past methods to control/soothe anxiety/worry/fears grows tiring. Worse, their grandiose claims that their workbook will provide “the answer” is a aver refuted by clinical practice.
In the end, all self-help books provide a kernel of truth towards “living well”. It’s a shame the CBT folks are exhibiting the same arrogance that psychoanalytic practitioners did 15-20 years ago. Alas, my clinical experience chains the notion that most folks benefit from practical tools (this workbook) AND insight (psychodynamic psychiatric help). To ignore one or the other is to practice an inferior therapy.
Rating: 2 / 5
February 11, 2010 at 2:18 pm
I recommend the book to anyone who eats to cope with stress, anxiety or dread. Fantastic road map on how to take charge, lots of real life examples and exercises to get in touch with feelings. Other books suggest finding other activities to replacing eating as a way to cope with stress, anxiety or dread but as I found out they do not work long term. Once the avoiding activity is complete the mind is back to the food and the sequence continues. I have been trying unproductively my whole adult life to cope with Stress, Anxiety and Dread by using food and exercise excessively. Thanks to the book I can accept my Stress, Anxiety and Dread without avoiding them owing to food or exercise. Avoidance never works because the root produce is not going away. The book gave me the tools to observe my feelings in a really different way and realize that view/feelings are always coming and going and by exercising some patience and evenhanded logic I can accept all my feelings. With the road map I now have the confidence knowing that the feeling will pass so I continue with the activity I was doing before the feeling started, and before I know it the urge to avoid never comes up thus, there is no desire to seek food as a way to avoid.
Rating: 5 / 5
February 11, 2010 at 4:54 pm
This is one of the best and most comprehensive books I’ve ever read on anxiety and panic disorders – and I’ve read a lot of books on the subject. It stresses learning to live WITH your anxiety instead of pushing it away, which never works. The CD is also exceptional and very helpful. What it does NOT offer is a quick-fix, empty promises or gimicks. So if you’re ready to take a different deal with to your anxiety, I highly recommend this book. It would certainly be a welcome addition to those who study or are interested in Buddhism, meditation or mindfulness. Exceptional!
Rating: 5 / 5
February 11, 2010 at 7:28 pm
If you ever have gone to a psychoanalyst for anxiety, dread or worries you know that they will tell you to exchange your thinking to stop your anxiety. Soon you realized that you are weak because you can’t exchange your view. When you try to exchange the view you reflect them. You are trying to exchange “this” thought and there you go, you have gone and thought it. So after a period of time you shrink away from therapy convinced you are too weak minded to save yourself. You feel you are doomed and embarrassed because of your self perceived weakness. Fact’s are that no one can exchange their reactive view to dread, worry or anxiety and trying to do so is the destructive constituent…it makes it worse. This book teaches you the only way to overcome your phobias, worries, anxieties and fears (period). It is an vital work and a huge gift to anyone harnessed with anxiety.
Rating: 5 / 5
February 11, 2010 at 10:08 pm
This is the only work book I’ve ever read from cover to cover. Like another reveiwer said the authors seem entrenched into this subject matter and have an understanding of how anxiety can control the lives of many people. The book can be reptitive at times yet in my opinion it was beneficial to do so. This is a self-help book that really contains substance. Right now all I’ve done is read the book from cover to cover without implementing the exercises. I’m going to reread it and implement the exercises. But I still picked up some practical suggestions from just reading the book. Kudos to the authors, this is defnitely a self-hep packed with understanding and compassion for the readers that are distress from anxiety. You can tell from reading that the authors took their time and place a lot of effort into producing this laudable work.
Rating: 5 / 5