Too often, we read self-help books on Anxiety Disorders written by people who have never experienced them.
The same could be said about many therapists: How can they really understand a panic attack if they have never had one?
Harriet Lerner, in her Fear and Other Uninvited Guests, speaks from her own personal experience with fear and Anxiety. Her words have the ring of truths hard-won through her own personal experience.
Lerner is also the author of New York Times bestseller, The Dance of Anger. She is the author of ten highly acclaimed books and two audio series. She was a staff member at the Menninger Clinic, and now practices with her therapist husband in Lawrence, Kansas.
Written in an easily-read conversational style, this is not a self-help book per se. It is more a recounting of her personal experiences in a number of situations common to people with Anxiety Disorders. Her advice is wise, practical and uncomplicated by psychiatric jargon.
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Saturday Summary: Anxiety Articles, Interesting Posts, Upcoming Reviews
by Mike Nichols on July 19, 2008 · 0 comments
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