
- 292 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
The CBT Workbook for Illness Anxiety
About this book
This cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) workbook is a detailed, step-by-step account of how to do scientifically supported treatment with adults experiencing illness anxiety.
Written by two practitioners with years of specialized training and expertise in CBT for anxiety, this book provides a comprehensive overview of illness anxiety disorder and an exposure-based framework to target fear and avoidance. Detailed exercises and homework are included throughout, as well as charts, diagrams, and a relapse prevention plan. This workbook aims to give illness anxiety sufferers the skills needed to work through the therapeutic journey in decreasing anxiety and beginning recovery.
This book is essential for those with illness- or health-related anxiety looking to do self-help or to use with therapists in sessions, along with practicing clinicians who need specialized guidance.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsements
- Half-Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Welcome to the Workbook
- 2 What Are My Problematic Health-related Beliefs?
- 3 What Are My Problematic Health-related Behaviors?
- 4 How Your Thinking Perpetuates Health Anxiety
- 5 Designing Your Exposure Hierarchy
- 6 Common Cognitive Distortions
- 7 Interoceptive Exposures
- 8 Imaginal Exposures
- 9 Giving Healthcare an Appropriate Role in Your Life
- 10 Living a Life in Which Risk and Safety Are Balanced
- 11 Moving Forward and Embracing a Full Life
- References
- Index