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If you or someone you love suffers from excessive worry, anxiety, panic, OCD, or phobias, you know how crippling it can be. Of course, worry can be an important asset when it forces our attention on problem-solving. But anxious worrying can cause us to unnecessarily focus on a threat, to retreat and avoid, and to seek reassurance and safety -- which is no way to foster a life of growth and excitement. In his fifth published book, Dr. Reid Wilson proposes a groundbreaking, paradoxical approach to overcoming anxiety, worry, OCD, panic, and phobias by moving away from comfort, confidence, and security and willingly moving toward uncertainty, distress and discomfort. Through the use of unconventional strategies, readers will learn how to confront anxiety head-on and step forward into the face of threat. Drawing on a range of sources -- from firefighters and fitness instructors to Sir Isaac Newton and Muhammad Ali -- Stopping the Noise in Your Head demonstrates the importance of shifting our perspective and stepping toward our challenges in order to regain control of our lives.
About the Author
REID WILSON, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist who directs the Anxiety Disorders Treatment Center. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He is an international expert in the treatment of anxiety disorders, with books translated into nine languages. He is author of STOPPING THE NOISE IN YOUR HEAD: THE NEW WAY TO OVERCOME ANXIETY AND WORRY, the classic self-help book DON'T PANIC: TAKING CONTROL OF ANXIETY ATTACKS, as well as FACING PANIC: SELF-HELP FOR PEOPLE WITH PANIC ATTACKS. He is co-author of ANXIOUS KIDS, ANXIOUS PARENTS: 7 WAYS TO STOP THE WORRY CYCLE AND RAISE COURAGEOUS & INDEPENDENT CHILDREN and its companion book for kids - PLAYING WITH ANXIETY: CASEY'S GUIDE FOR TEENS AND KIDS. He is also co-author, with Dr. Edna Foa, of STOP OBSESSING! HOW TO OVERCOME YOUR OBSESSIONS AND COMPULSIONS and is co-author of ACHIEVING COMFORTABLE FLIGHT, a self-help package for the fearful flier. He designed and served as lead psychologist for American Airlines' first national program for the fearful flier. Dr. Wilson served on the Board of Directors of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America for 12 years. His free self-help website - www.anxieties.com - serves 500,000 visitors (20 million hits) per year. He serves as the Expert for WebMD's Anxiety and Panic Community. Reid is a member of the 2003 Vanguard (first) Class of Certified Graduates of Dr. Martin Seligman's Authentic Happiness Coaching Program. He's been teaching about positive psychology principles since then. Television appearances include The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Katie Show, Good Morning America, CNN, CNN-Financial Network, A&E's Hoarders, MTV's True Life, and various local news shows across the nation. He is a Founding Clinical Fellow of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) and Fellow of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) . In 2014 he was honored with the highest award given by the Anxiety and Depression Association of America.
