The Worry Trap: How to Free Yourself from Worry & Anxiety using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (754 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1572244801 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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G-MAN said ANXIETY: Don't fight it!. Suggested by a psychiatrist as an alternative to usual anxiety treatment (breathing, muscle relaxation, etc.). You have to concentrate and focus as you read. Not for casual reading and a bit tedious.The ideas are good but require thinking and active exercises to complete and implement. I haven't finished yet, so more to follow.The overall idea is that ins. Truly wise book maelje The book doesn't spout a lot of useless platitudes; instead, it dispenses common sense about the pointless nature of worry -- how doing so is absolutely non-productive. Highly recommended for anyone who's ever struggled with anxiety, panic, depression or maybe all of them combined somehow. And this is coming from a reviewer who usually despises "self-help. Dr. Russell Harris said Excellent, easy-t0-read, and concise!. I just want to draw attention to a fantastic ACT book I've just finished reading, called 'The Worry Trap', by Chad Lejeune. It's a self-help book on the use of ACT for those with GAD, or for anybody who worries a lot. it's the size of a thin paperback, only 189 pages, and it's choc-a-bloc full of great stuff, written in a really easy-to-read style. He's c
This is the problem with trying to control your thoughts: Your attempts to stop worrying very often lead you to repeat and refresh the very worries you're trying to dispel.Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), a revolutionary new approach to resolving a wide range of psychological problems, can help you break the cycle of chronic worry. You'll learn to de-fuse from your worries, observing and then letting them go. Then you'll explore and commit to acting on your values, thereby creating a rich life for yourself-even with the occasional worry.Pragmatic, straightforward help from an astute and expert clinician; the author draws on cutting-edge research findings to help those who suffer from the age-old problem of worry. -Jacqueline B. Think about anything and everything else, but don't think about that worry.How did you do? Like most of us, you probably could think of little else except whatever it was you worried about, no matter how hard you tried. ACT stresses letting go of your attempts to avoid, change, and get rid of worry. Do You Worry All the Time?Have you tried to control your thoughts and get your worrying under control? Did it work? If it didn't, try this simple exercise: Take thirty seconds, right here and now, and don't think about something you recently worried about. LeJeune offers a practical and informative approach for dealing with worry that places it squarely in the larger and wondrous context of o