Dennis D. Tirch

Encourages readers to embrace self-compassion in order to discover their anxiety triggers, move past fearful experiences and be kinder to others. Original.

Using Compassion-Focused Therapy to Calm Worry, Panic, and Fear

The Compassionate-Mind Guide to Overcoming Anxiety

Robert L. Leahy

Lisa A. Napolitano

Highly practical and accessible, this unique book gives therapists powerful tools for helping patients learn to cope with feared or avoided emotional experiences. The book presents a menu of effective intervention options--including schema modification, stress management, acceptance, mindfulness, self-compassion, cognitive restructuring, and other techniques--and describes how to select the best ones for particular patients or situations. Provided are sample questions to pose to patients, specific interventions to use, suggested homework assignments, illustrative examples and sample dialogues, and troubleshooting tips. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the volume is packed with over 65 reproducible handouts and forms. Purchasers also get access to a companion website where they can download and print the reproducible materials.

Dennis D. Tirch

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