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Proven-effective tools for when you feel like the world is closing in on you. Anxiety has many faces. It can look like chronic avoidance, rumination, fear of uncertainty, reassurance seeking, catastrophic thinking, or fear of losing control. There's more than a dozen recognized categories of anxiety, but they all have one thing in common - they all get in the way of living your life. Your work suffers, your family suffers, you suffer. But you don't have to. Written by psychologist and anxiety expert David A. Clark, this essential guide offers targeted, proven solutions to take charge of your anxiety - and your life. This is What Anxiety Looks Like dives right into relatable case studies, using a story-based approach to help you overcome the 13 most common causes of anxiety, so you can live with less worry and fear.
About the Author
David A. Clark, clinical psychologist, researcher, therapist and Professor of Psychology at the University of New Brunswick, Canada received his formal training in behavior therapy and a PhD in 1984 at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, England. He then proceeded to postdoctoral research and clinical training under Dr. Aaron T. Beck at the Center for Cognitive Therapy, University of Pennsylvania. He has since coauthored several books on cognitive behavior therapy of anxiety and depression with Dr. Beck, the founder of cognitive therapy, including Scientific Foundations of Cognitive Theory and Therapy of Depression, Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Science and Practice, and The Anxiety & Worry Workbook: The Cognitive Behavioral Solution. His most recent work, The Mood Repair Toolkit, is scheduled for publication in August, 2014. While maintaining an active speaking, professional workshop, teaching and research schedule, David also finds time to pursue his hobbies and leisure activities like carpentry, running and water skiing. The father of two adult daughters, Natascha and Christina, he lives at home in an old Victorian era house with his life-long partner, Nancy Nason-Clark, sociologist,and maintains a part-time private practice.
