Table of Contents
Introduction ix
Part 1 Psychology
Chapter 1 The Breakthrough in Flight Phobia Treatment 1
Chapter 2 Ending Your Fear of Flying 7
Chapter 3 Manual Regulation-The 5-4-3-2-1 Exercise 15
Chapter 4 Automatic Regulation-Its Discovery 19
Chapter 5 How Your Inner CEO Regulates Stress Hormones 25
Chapter 6 Understanding Executive Function 33
Chapter 7 Onset 49
Chapter 8 Going into Your Own Movie 59
Chapter 9 Staying Out of Your Own Movie in Turbulence 67
Chapter 10 Rumination 83
Chapter 11 Executive Function Overload 85
Chapter 12 Regulating Anxiety with the Strengthening Exercise 91
Chapter 13 Stopping Anxiety and Panic in Everyday Situations 125
Chapter 14 Erasure Exercise 129
Chapter 15 The Psychological Foundations for Emotional Regulation 133
Chapter 16 Understanding Arousal 159
Part 2 Aviation
Chapter 17 How Flying Works 169
Chapter 18 Weather 183
Chapter 19 Turbulence 189
Chapter 20 A Complete Flight 199
Part 3 Strategy
Chapter 21 Planning and Starting Your Flight 211
Chapter 22 Anticipatory Anxiety 227
Chapter 23 Ten Supportive Strategies 253
Acknowledgments 261
Appendix A Flight Checklist 262
Appendix B Sample Letters 268
Glossary of Terms 269
References 271
Index 274
About the Author 280