Рабочая тетрадь по осознанности и принятию при тревоге. Избавление от фобий и беспокойства

Each of us has reasons to feel anxious and worried. There is no way to simply "switch off" negative thoughts and feelings, as one could do with an ordinary light bulb. But it is possible to free oneself from the shackles of fear and bring calmness back into one's life — with the help of special techniques.

Psychologists John Forsyth and Georg Eifert offer a new approach to overcoming phobias — it is called "mindfulness and acceptance therapy." The authors explain that as anxiety increases, we tend to fight against it more and resist it — leading to it taking hold of us even more, creating a vicious cycle. The best way to break out of it is to learn to bring acceptance and compassion to anxious thoughts and experiences.

In the pages of the workbook, you will find a set of tools and strategies that will help you develop the ability to accept, be mindful, and practice kindness and compassion, using these qualities to lessen the power of anxiety and fear. You can make necessary notes and complete written assignments directly in the book — there are many special pages and forms for exercises provided for this purpose.