The Anxiety Getaway: How to Outsmart Your Brain's False Fear Messages and Claim Your Calm Using CBT Techniques (Science-Based Approach to Anxiety Disorders)

by Craig April

Overview

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Relief

“This book is filled with solid, practical advice to defeat anxiety, based on scientifically backed techniques and years of clinical experience.” ―Helen Odessky, PsyD, author of Stop Anxiety from Stopping You

Many of the available resources for managing anxiety are based on opinion rather than science. Dr. Craig April, founder of The April Center for Anxiety Attack Management, relies on the latter. By employing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), he helps readers overcome fear for the anxiety relief they desire.

Stop being anxious for nothing. Assuming the role of victim when it comes to anxiety can make us feel trapped and convince us that we have no control in getting better. However, Dr. April has found that in most of its forms, anxiety is not a mental health disorder. In fact, anxiety relief begins by facing our fears. Using a stripped-down, no-nonsense approach to anxiety, Dr. April takes CBT techniques and tackles anxiety at the root: false fear messages.

Dare to overcome fear. Fear is a factor in all lives, whether we feel it plays a significant role in controlling us or not. Lucky for us, it is also something that can be faced. By recognizing anxiety as a result of false fear messages, we become better equipped to manage it. An expert in  Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for anxiety relief, Dr. April uses over twenty years of experience to help readers face their fears and overcome their anxiety.

In this indispensable book on anxiety relief for adults, you’ll discover:

• Effective anti-anxiety methods used at The April Center for Anxiety Attack Management
• A non-victim approach to help you take back control and reclaim your life
• Tips and practical tools to overcome fear

If you enjoyed anxiety books like Feeling Good (David Burns), The End of Mental Illness (Daniel Amen), Anxious for Nothing (Max Lucado), or works by Louise Hay, then you’ll love The Anxiety Getaway.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781642502169
Publisher:	TURNER PUB CO
Publication date:	06/16/2020
Pages:	230
Sales rank:	639,542
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Craig April, Ph.D. is the founder of The April Center for Anxiety Attack Management - a well-known anxiety treatment center in Los Angeles. Dr. Craig April has become one of the most active and popular anxiety doctors in the country. He has been treating anxiety for over twenty years and is an expert in cognitive-behavioral techniques focused on anxiety relief. Dr. April has been quoted nationally in magazines and newspapers, has been a national radio guest, has served on filmed panels and speaks regularly in the community. He was a featured, treating psychologist cast member on the A&E Television show OBSESSED for its two seasons. Obsessed was a documentary series, much like the TV show INTERVENTION in style, that documented the struggles of those with anxiety disorders as they underwent Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Dr. April treated the show's participants with CBT and, more specifically, applied the scientifically-proven anxiety treatment technique of Exposure and Response Prevention. Dr. April began treating anxiety disorders in the mid-90’s, expanding his skill set in clinic, hospital, school and university settings. In 2006, based on his continued focus in private practice working with those struggling with Panic Disorder, Phobias, Social Anxiety, OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder), and Generalized Anxiety, Dr. April established The April Center to provide specialized and proven anxiety treatment.

Table of Contents

Author's Note 5

Introduction 9

Chapter 1 Anxiety vs. Anxiety Bon Voyage 15

Chapter 2 What Is Anxiety, Really? 25

Chapter 3 Your Brain on Anxiety 35

Chapter 4 Another Shot of Adrenaline 59

Chapter 5 Exposure Is Your Anxiety Bulldozer 67

Chapter 6 Stop Believin' 115

Chapter 7 The Panic Attack Comeback 145

Chapter 8 Having a Phobia is No Utopia 167

Chapter 9 I Hear Ye OCD, But I'm Not Listening 191

Conclusion 219

Acknowledgments 221

Notes 223

About the Author 226

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“With humor and compassion, Dr. Craig April tells you to ‘do the work to claim your calm’ and shows you the path to get there. This book is filled with solid, practical advice to defeat anxiety, based on scientifically backed techniques and years of clinical experience. His approach is sure to inspire us all to face our fears with courage and perseverance!”

—Helen Odessky, PsyD, author of Stop Anxiety from Stopping You