Counselling for Anxiety Problems

Name: Counselling for Anxiety Problems
ISBN: 9781446219737

Diana Sanders; Frank Wills

doi:10.4135/9781446219737

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`Any cognitive therapy text which quotes from Alice in Wonderland is off to a good start - and in the case of Counselling for Anxiety Problems, it gets better and better. This is an excellent book written by counselling psychologists, aimed primarily at counselling psychologists. Diana Sanders and Frank Wills are experienced cognitive therapists, who, through various books, are performing a valuable role of building bridges between counsellors and the practice of cognitive therapists. In doing so, they lay to rest many of the misconceptions counsellors may have about cognitive therapy (often based on an 80s version of the therapy), and place particular emphasis on the central importance of therapeutic relationship in cognitive therapy, as in counselling. Their review and discussion of the anxiety disorders is comprehensive and contemporary, as indicated by the number of references from the past five years. Furthermore their clinical experience, as well as their humour, shines through. Although primarily aimed at the counselling market, it will be just as useful for therapists from a variety of backgrounds. I can thoroughly recommend this book' - Amazon Review Anxiety is one of the most common psychological problems for which people seek help. Through research, major advances have been made in understanding the causes of anxiety, the different forms it takes and how problems perpetuate. In turn this has led to the development of more targeted ways of helping sufferers. Based on these findings, Counselling for Anxiety Problems, Second Edition presents accessible and up-to-date guidelines on the most effective ways of helping clients with anxiety problems. The authors outline general methods of working with anxiety sufferers and highlight the issues specific to this client group. Counsellors need to select appropriate interventions depending on the particular problems experienced by each client. The second part of the book therefore shows how to adapt counselling interventions to different forms of anxiety, such as: - panic - worry - agoraphobia - social and other phobias - health anxiety, and - obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Whilst being cognitive in focus, the book is accessible to counsellors from different orientations who wish to broaden their understanding and skills in relation to anxiety. Based on the authors' own clinical experience, the book makes extensive use of detailed case examples to illustrate different ways of formulating and working with anxiety. Counselling for Anxiety Problems, Second Edition is suitable for practitioners of all levels, from those in training to those with more experience who wish to update and refresh their methods of working with anxious clients.

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Appendix: Books and Self-Help Organisations

Books

Flying? No fear! by Adrian Akers-Douglas and George Georgiou. Published by Summersdale, 2000.

Living with Fear by Isaac M. Marks. Published by McGraw-Hill, New Edition, 2001. Manage your Mind by Gillian Butler and Tony Hope. Published by Oxford University Press, 1995.

Mind over Mood. A Cognitive Therapy Treatment Manual by Dennis Greenberger and Christine Padesky. Published by Guilford Press, 1995.

Overcoming Anxiety by Helen Kennerley. Published by Robinson, 1997.

Overcoming Depression by Paul Gilbert. Published by Robinson, 2000.

Overcoming Depression: A Five Areas Approach by Christopher Williams. Published by Arnold, 2001.

Overcoming Low Self Esteem by Melanie Fennell. Published by Robinson, 1999.

Overcoming Panic by Derrick Silove and Vijaya Manicavasagar. Published by Robinson, 1997.

Overcoming Shyness and Social Phobia: A Step by Step Guide by Ronald M. Rapee. Published by Jason Aronson, 1998.

Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness by Gillian Butler. Published by Robinson, 1999.

Overcoming Traumatic Stress by Claudia Herbert and Ann Wetmore. Published by Robinson, 1999.

Phobias: Fighting the Fear by Helen Saul. Published by Harper Collins, 2001.

Fake the Fear out of Flying by Maurice Yeffé. Published by Robinson Publications, 2000.

The Feeling Good Handbook (revised edition) by David Burns. Published by Penguin, 1999.

Booklets published by Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre

Managing Anxiety: A Users’ Manual
Overcoming Social Anxiety
Understanding Panic
Understanding Health Anxiety
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Managing Depression
[Page 229]How to Relax
Understanding your Reactions to Trauma
Overcoming Phobias

These booklets are available from OCTC, Department of Psychology, Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 7JX.

Tel: 01865 223986

Web site: http://www.octc.co.uk

Self-Help Organisations

No Panic: self-help organisation for anxiety, including panic, OCD and phobias.

Address: 93 Brands Farm Way, Randlay, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 2JQ.

Tel: 01952 590545

Fax: 01952 270962

Web site: http://www.no-panic.co.uk

Triumph Over Phobia: a network of self-help groups using behaviour therapy to help overcome phobias.

Address: TOP U.K., PO Box 1831, Bath BA2 4YW

Tel: 01225 330353

Web site: http://www.triumphoverphobia.com

National Phobics Society: help for many forms of anxiety and phobias. Address: Zion Community Resource Centre, 339 Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester, M15 4ZY

Tel: 0870 7700456 e-mail: natphob.soc@good.co.uk

Web site: http://www.phobics-society.org.uk