Breaking Free from Worry, Panic, PTSD, and Other Anxiety Symptoms
Alexander L. Chapman, PhD, has published numerous articles and chapters on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). In 2007, Chapman received a Young Investigator's Award from the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder. Kim L. Gratz, PhD has written numerous journal articles and book chapters on borderline personality disorder, deliberate self-harm, and emotion regulation, and is coauthor of The Borderline Personality Disorder Survival Guide and Freedom from Self-Harm. Matthew T. Tull, PhD he has published numerous articles and chapters on emotion regulation and anxiety disorders, with a particular emphasis on panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Alexander Chapman lives in Port Moody, BC, Canada. Kim Gratz and Matthew Tull live in Jackson, MS.
"The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Anxiety is
concise, well organized, easy to read, and will likely be a
lifeline of relief for many people. Chapman, Gratz, and Tull do a
marvelous job of detailing the specific tools of DBT that can truly
help readers to help themselves become more positive, able to cope,
and successful in their relationships."
--Denise D. Davis, PhD, clinical psychologist and founding fellow
of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy
"Alexander Chapman and his colleagues have provided a much-needed,
thorough resource in The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills
Workbook for Anxiety. Offering DBT skills and emphasizing
mindfulness practice, this book provides helpful information and
practical worksheets, and will be a valuable tool for both people
experiencing anxiety and the clinicians treating them."
--Sheri Van Dijk, MSW, RSW, psychotherapist in Ontario, Canada, and
author of The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for
Bipolar Disorder
"A clear, practical guide that combines evidence-based approaches
with rich clinical wisdom. Filled with innovative and practical
advice as well as lively metaphors and engaging case examples, this
book is sure to help readers struggling with anxiety find a balance
between acceptance and change. I highly recommend this book and
these authors."
--Lizabeth Roemer, PhD, coauthor of The Mindful Way Through
Anxiety
"For many, the struggle to control anxiety can be an exhausting,
consuming, and seemingly endless challenge. Fortunately, The
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Anxiety offers a
number of well researched, easy to implement strategies that can
help readers to better understand, accept, and manage their
anxiety, improve their relationships, and engage more fully in
their lives."
--Susan M. Orsillo, PhD, psychology professor at Suffolk
University
"I strongly recommend this self-help book for people suffering from
various forms of anxiety. These authors effectively describe in lay
terms how mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation and
interpersonal effectiveness skills augment the more traditional
applications of cognitive behavioral therapy strategies in the
treatment of anxiety. In this book, the reader will find clinical
vignettes, diagrams, and useful worksheets in this book that
enhance the process of learning of these DBT tools."
--Alec L. Miller, PsyD, professor of clinical psychiatry and
behavioral sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in
Bronx, NY
"Increasingly, research is showing that dialectical behavior
therapy (DBT) can be a useful treatment for a range of mental
health problems. In The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills
Workbook for Anxiety, Chapman, Gratz and Tull strip away the jargon
and walk the reader step-by-step through this treatment, showing
the reader how to apply DBT skills to anxiety. This workbook will
provide many anxiety sufferers with much-needed relief."
--David F. Tolin, PhD, ABPP, director of the Anxiety Disorders
Center at the Institute of Living and author of Face Your Fears
"This is an excellent application of dialectical behavior therapy
(DBT) skills for people struggling with anxiety, panic attacks, and
related problems. Not only will readers gain a better understanding
of what these problems are, they'll also learn some very practical
and effective skills to cope with them. Many thanks to the authors
for bringing the success of DBT to people suffering with
anxiety."
--John Forsyth, PhD, director of the Anxiety Disorders Research
Program at the University at Albany, SUNY and author of The
Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety
"Symptoms of anxiety, worry, and panic are integral to the
emotional disorders and respond to a core set of psychological
interventions. In this outstanding workbook, the authors pull
together some of the most creative and scientifically-proven
procedures for managing out-of-control emotions, including anxiety.
These dialectical behavior therapy skills should benefit everyone
suffering the ravages of anxiety disorders."
--David Barlow, PhD, professor of psychology and psychiatry and
founder and director emeritus of the Center for Anxiety and Related
Disorders at Boston University
"To be relieved of anxiety is often a person's highest priority for
therapy. This book allows access to the powerful DBT methods that
that can provide that relief. It is not always possible to join a
DBT skills training group, but it is possible to understand and use
Marsha Linehan's transformative work by reading this practical
interpretation."
--Kate Northcott, MA, MFT, DBT therapist in private practice with
Mindfulness Therapy Associates and director of New Perspectives
Center for Counseling in San Francisco, CA
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