Master Your Panic: Twelve Treatment Sessions to Conquer Panic, Anxiety & Agoraphobia (Master Your Panic & Take Back Your Life)

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Find out why you developed panic attacks in the first place and why they come back. Learn the tried and true SRB method to STOP panic the moment it strikes. Discover your personal triggers for panic and tackle them, one by one—the thoughts, the physical habits, even the emotional traps. So panic goes away and stays away. Find out the latest information on the best medications for panic. Identify the personal stresses and family backgrounds that can lead to panic. Learn to stop limiting yourself and get your life back—for GOOD. This practical, self-empowering book on overcoming agoraphobia and debilitating panic attacks is now completely revised and expanded to include the latest information and research findings on relaxation, breathing, medication and other treatments. Master Your Panic parallels an actual treatment program in which you are guided, step-by-step, through twelve self-help “treatment sessions.” Proven, research-based methods are presented in easy-to-follow instructions, accompanied by numerous case examples. Includes guides for identifying triggers of panic attacks, challenging catastrophic thinking and for preventing relapse. Follow Dr. Beckfield's procedures to gain a thorough understanding of the disorder, and you can actually resolve the panic in your life.

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“From her experience successfully treating hundreds of patients, and from her review of the voluminous literature in the area, Dr. Beckfield has distilled the essence of effective treatment into the most readable book on the topic I have seen.”
—John Greist, MD, author, Anxiety and Its Treatment, Clinical Director of Psychiatry, University of Washington Medical School

“Of all the clinical self-help books on panic disorder, Master Your Panic And Take Back Your Life is the best. I use the book as required reading for the individual and group therapy I conduct for clients with panic disorder and high anxiety. It is excellent, easily understandable and with self-help exercises that really make a difference. I recommend they read others, but I require this one.”
—Tom Parsons, MA, LPC , co-founder: The SHYNESS Institute of Colorado

“The minute I finished reading [this book], I wanted to hop right on a plane and fly out to meet with Dr. Beckfield in person. It is written with unbelievable understanding and compassion. I keep a copy at home and work. It comes in handy for me and also for others who may try to understand their condition... I recommend the book highly to anyone with panic and anxiety. It's a magnificent book.&rdquo
—M.L., a reader in Clearwater Beach, FL

“...Especially noteworthy are chapters 2, 3, and 4, helping clients to trace both the lifetime origins as well as the daily antecedents of their panic episodes. I haven't seen this covered so well anywhere else.”
—Edmund Bourne, PhD, author, Anxiety, Fears and Phobias

“...best book of its kind.&rdquo
—Albert Ellis, PhD, President, Albert Ellis Institute, New York

“I just turned 40 years old... I've been suffering from periodic attacks since I was 24 years old... Right now I feel 100% like my 'old' self... You have helped me&rdquot;
—A grateful reader, Memphis, TN

“...Dr. Beckfield clearly understands this exquisitely uncomfortable disorder...”
—THE WILSON LIBRARY JOURNAL

“I was quite surprised at the impact the book had on me... This book is just what we need! [It is]... user-friendly, based on sound, research-based techniques, yet also addresses emotional issues such as loss, and unresolved grief or anger (something we find hard to release)... Dr. Beckfield truly understands the agony and struggle that her clients and readers experience... excellent book.”
—From a review in The Mountain Climber

“As a therapist, I am delighted to have learned of a book which I can use with my anxiety and panic disorder patients... as a professor, I look forward to the opportunity to utilize your book as a text, or as recommended reading for some of my courses...”
—Janice Kinter, PhD, former Director of Clinical Placement, Psychology, California Graduate Institute

&ldquot;...a valuable resource for people with panic disorder.”
—Jeffrey E. Heckler, PhD, University of Maine Department of Psychology, book review, the Behavior Therapist

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MASTER YOUR PANIC...AND TAKE BACK YOUR LIFE!

Revised, updated and improved to reflect the latest techniques, the Third Edition of MASTER YOUR PANIC AND TAKE BACK YOUR LIFE makes an old favorite even better!

--Find out why you developed panic attacks in the first place and why they come back. --Discover your personal triggers for panic and tackle them, one by one -- the thoughts, the physical habits, even the emotional traps. So panic goes away and stays away. --Learn to stop limiting yourself and get your life back -- for GOOD.

Includes: --Discussion of the family backgrounds and personal stresses that can lead to panic. --Updates on the best medications for panic, and the best ways to utilize them. --The latest diagnostic criteria for panic attacks, panic disorder and agoraphobia. --Step-by-step instructions for the two major types of "exposure therapy" -- the most powerful method available for eliminating panic attacks, agoraphobia and catastrophic thinking -- and the latest research comparing the two. --"Special helps" on major strategies and handy record-keeping forms, all easily reproducible by readers, therapists and group leaders.

"From her experience successfully treating hundreds of patients, and from her review of the voluminous literature in the area, Dr. Beckfield has distilled the essence of effective treatment into the most readable book on the topic I have seen... The information conveyed so skillfully in [the book] will also help families and friends understand the many bewildering effects of panic and agoraphobia... superb book." --John Greist, M.D. Author, ANXIETY AND ITS TREATMENT Clinical Director of Psychiatry University of Washington Medical School

"Especially noteworthy are chapters 2, 3, and 4, helping clients to trace both the lifetime origins as well as the daily antecedents of their panic episodes... I haven't seen this covered so well anywhere else." --Edmund Bourne, Ph.D. Author, THE ANXIETY & PHOBIA WORKBOOK

"As a therapist, I am delighted to have learned of a book which I can use with my anxiety and panic disorder patients... as a professor, I look forward to the opportunity to utilize your book as a text, or as recommended reading for some of my courses..." --Janice Kinter, Ph.D. Former Director of Clinical Placement, Psychology, California Graduate Institute

DENISE BECKFIELD, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist who has specialized in the treatment of panic and anxiety her entire career, and who has written and spoken to both professionals and anxiety sufferers on topics including susceptibility to panic disorder, its emotional underpinnings and its treatment.

About the Author

Denise Beckfield, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who has specialized in the treatment of panic and anxiety her entire career, and who has written and spoken to both professionals and anxiety sufferers on topics including susceptibility to panic disorder, its emotional underpinnings and its treatment.

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"FIRST AID" FOR PANIC: SIXTEEN "ON THE SPOT" STRATEGIES TO GET THROUGH A PANIC ATTACK

1. Sit down and take several slow, deep breaths. Take at least four seconds to inhale, through your nose, and at least four more to exhale, through pursed lips as though you're whistling. Continue this for several minutes, trying, as you do so, to consciously relax your muscles.

2. Picture a relaxing scene using all your senses. Now put yourself into the scene.

3. Recall a time when you handled a similar situation well, or felt successful and in charge. Recapture the good feelings you experienced then.

4. Snap your fingers to "break the spell" and interrupt catastrophic thoughts of the disasters you imagine happening. Refocus on the concrete objects around you, making a game of noticing the details of every object you see.

5. Allow your anxious thoughts to "float on through," in the recognition that panic can't hurt you, isn't dangerous and doesn't mean you're crazy -- no matter how it feels!

6. Picture a person you trust, someone who believes in you and cares about your well-being. Now imagine the person is with you, offering you encouragement.

7. Remember panic is only your body's natural alarm system kicking in when it needn't. Say to yourself, "This is just a simple mistake. There is no danger here."

8. Take a "time out" and slow down. Slow your rate of breathing, slow your racing thoughts, slow your entire body, head to toe. Then slowly resume your previous activities.

9. Ask yourself what you were feeling just before the first signs of panic. Now let yourself really "feel" those feelings. The feelings might be painful, but recognizing them is likely to send your panic packing.

10. Take a giant yawn and stretch your body, head to toe. Now chew a stick of gum, slowly and deliberately.

11. Occupy your mind with an absorbing task: start a complicated work project; listen to an interesting radio program; phone a friend. Focus your mind on what's happening in the environment rather than on your body; and on the present, rather than the future.

12. Get mad. Vow not to let panic win out over you. You deserve better.

13. If there are places available, take a stroll. If there are people available, talk to one of them. Better yet, do both.

14. Count backward from 20. With every number, picture a different image of someone you love, something that pleases you, something that calms you. These might be images you recall from the past or those you only imagine.

15. Take a moment to say a word of prayer or meditation, and let yourself feel calmed by your faith.

16. Remind yourself that a panic attack always ends. Always.

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