How to Beat Worry and Generalised Anxiety Disorder One Step at a Time: Using evidence-based low-intensity CBT PDF
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a b/ y e ~ Worry and Generalised _ Anxiety Disorder (O ne Step at a lime Using evidence-based a” low-intensity CBT , \ Marie Chellingsworth \ Ye. “D\ and Paul Farrand | i How to Beat Worry and Generalised Anxiety Disorder One Step at a Time wu Also available How to Beat Depression One Step at a Time How to Beat Panic Disorder One Step at a Time How to Beat Worry and Generalised Anxiety Disorder One Step at a Time Marie Chellingsworth and Paul Farrand ROBINSON First published in Great Britain in 2016 by Robinson Copyright © Marie Chellingsworth and Paul Farrand, 2016 The moral right of the authors has been asserted. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. Important Note This book is not intended as a substitute for medical advice or treatment. Any person with a condition requiring medical attention should consult a qualified medical practitioner or suitable therapist. - A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-47210-885-2 (paperback) Typeset in Minion by Initial Typesetting Services, Edinburgh Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc Papers used by Robinson are from well-managed forests and other responsible sources MIX rene from FSC responsible sources wwntscon FEC°C104740 Robinson is an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group Carmelite House 50 Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0DZ An Hachette UK Company www.hachette.co.uk www.littlebrown.co.uk CONTENTS Section 1: Getting going 1 Section 2: Understanding Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and the role of worry 23 Section 3: Managing your worry 46 Section 4: Managing the future 96 Section 5: Graham and Sarah’s stories a Further resources 153 Dedications and acknowledgements 241 Index 243 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2022 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/nhowtobeatworryge0000chel GETTING GOING Nice to meet you! We are really glad that you have started reading this book and we hope that you will find it useful. This book is designed as a guide to teach you a range of techniques that you can put into action if you experience excessive or uncontrollable worrying. If your worry is impacting on your life, these tech- niques can help you to help yourself feel better. It may be that a healthcare practitioner has told you that you have symptoms indicative of Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) so you want to find out more and see what can be done to help. We have made sure the book contains useful information; as well as evidence-based techniques that can help with the symptoms you are experiencing. It is based upon Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), an evidence-based form of psychological therapy. CBT is the treatment of choice for people with GAD rec- ommended by the National Institute of Health and 2 Howto Beat Worry and GAD One Step at a Time Care Excellence (NICE). This recommendation is because there are a significant number of research trials that have shown CBT to be effective for people who are experiencing GAD. In addition, we can personally recommend CBT based on our own clin- ical practice. We will explain more about CBT and how it works later in this section. The techniques this book contains have helped many people with GAD to feel better. We hope the techniques will benefit you too. An important part of that is learning to manage your worry and anx- iety more effectively so that you can feel in control of it rather than it feeling like it is controlling you. This guide will form your own personal toolkit. By working through it and putting it into action, it will provide you with a range of ways to feel more in control and manage how you are feeling. We have written this book in short sections so that you can work through it at a pace that suits you. We have also included examples of other people with worry and GAD who have used the various tech- niques themselves. These recovery stories show how they put the techniques into action in their daily lives to improve how they were feeling. They have also provided us with some top tips to share with you. They are honest accounts that show there are things you can do that will help you to manage your worry.
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