The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
by Edmund J. Bourne, Ph.D.

On the back cover: The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook is a practical and comprehensive guide offering help to anyone struggling with panic attacks, agoraphobia, social fears, generalized anxiety, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, and other anxiety disorders. Step-by-step guidelines, questionnaires, and exercises will help you learn skills and make lifestyle changes necessary to achieve a full and lasting recovery. The workbook can be used to develop your own self-help program or as an adjunct to therapy. Definitive in scope, this workbook covers a broad range of topics and treatment approaches, including some not found in other books on anxiety disorders.

Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion can Free You from Anxiety, Fear, and Panic
by Jeffrey Brantley, MD

From the back cover: Calming Your Anxious Mind is a gentle call to stop and pay more attention to your self and your life, and practice being, not doing. Practicing mindfulness and attending to life, moment by moment, will reduce your anxiety and stress and help you find peace and calm.

The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression: A Step-By-Step Program
by William J. Knaus, Ed.D.

From the back cover: Do you think that you could lessen or overcome your feelings of depression if only you had the right tools? Are you ready to help yourself stop feeling depressed? If so, then you've found a powerful resource. The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression is a complete, comprehensive, step-by-step approach you can use, on your own or working with a therapist, to manage and conquer depression.

The powerful tools in this book will help you:

• Develop a personalized plan for change
• Assess your depression and learn how best to overcome it
• Defeat depressive thoughts and beliefs
• Overcome thoughts of helplessness, worthlessness, and self-blaming
• Avoid perfectionism and frustration
• Manage stress and depressive sensations
• Use special cognitive and behavioral techniques for positive change

The Depression Workbook: A Guide for Living with Depression and Manic Depression
by Mary Ellen Copeland, M.S., M.A.

From the back cover: From the best-selling author, Mary Ellen Copeland, comes the Second Edition of The Depression Workbook . Learn and practice the latest research-based self-help strategies to relieve depression and address other mental health issues including how to:

• Take responsibility for your own wellness
• Use charts to track and control your moods
• Find helpful care providers
• Build a system of mutual support
• Increase self-confidence and self-esteem
• Use relaxation, diet, exercise, and light to stabilize your moods
• Avoid conditions that can worsen your symptoms

Fear Less: Real Truth about Risk, Safety, and Security in a Time of Terrorism
by Gavin de Becker

From the back cover: “In this war there will be no captured beachhead upon which we can lay our fears to rest. So we are challenged to find safety and peace of mind in new ways. Let's go further into the relevant topics than one can do in a sound bite, go into them without hype or politics, go into them just deeply enough to come out the other side. Then you can see if you reach the same conclusions I have: that you can find your life in these times, that you can influence your own safety, that you can help protect your country, that you can manage fear, and that you are going to be all right.” - Gavin de Becker

How to Control Your Anxiety Before It Controls You
by Albert Ellis, Ph.D.

From the back cover: Anxiety – it's one of the most complex of emotions. It can be healthy, even life-saving, when feelings of caution and concern alert you to danger and trigger the protective “fight or flight” reaction. But unhealthy anxiety leads to paralyzing panic, obsessive worry, and crippling phobias that prevent you from enjoying activities and relationships because of needless fear.

Overcoming Depression One Step at a Time: The New Behavioral Activation Approach to Getting Your Life Back
by Michael E. Addis, Ph.D. and Christopher R. Martell, Ph.D., ABPP

From the back cover: What if depression weren't a disorder occurring on its own but was rather a kind of signpost pointing at tangible things you needed to change in your life? This would radically alter not only the way you think about depression but also the strategies you'd use to overcome it.

Behavioral activation therapy is built on this powerful, insightful assumption. Its techniques offer fast, effective relief from depression by guiding you to make positive and rewarding changes in your life. This simple, profound process reconnects you to the naturally occurring rewards of a well-lived life, which are powerful antidotes to feelings of depression.

The workbook's engaging exercises create a structured framework in which you are encouraged to focus on those activities that will inspire you with feelings of pleasure, mastery, and engagement. Learn to develop a list of enjoyable activities you need to engage in as a part of a normal and satisfying life.. Begin with the easiest (or sometimes, the most indispensable) activities on your list, and learn how to tackle them one by one.

Ten Simple Solutions to Panic: How to Overcome Panic Attacks, Calm Physical Symptoms & Reclaim Your Life
by Martin M. Antony, Ph.D. and Randi E. McCabe, Ph.D.

From the back cover: We all get scared sometimes. Our hearts race, our breath gets shallow, and our hands and feet turn icy cold – these physical expressions of fear are our normal responses to things that threaten us. But moments of panic can cause you to experience these feelings with no apparent cause, robbing you of confidence and composure. You deserve to be free from these troublesome moments, and the ten simple and effective techniques you'll find in this book make it easily possible. Learn how to monitor your episodes of panic, and find out how to replace your anxious, racing inner monologue with calm, realistic thinking. Discover safe and comfortable ways to face fearful situations. Breathing exercises and stress reduction techniques round out this approach to overcoming panic that promises to restore your security and peace of mind.

Winter Blues: Everything You Need to Know to Beat Seasonal Affective Disorder
by Norman E. Rosenthal, MD

From the inside cover: When the seasons change, do you

• Feel less creative or productive?
• Find it hard to stay motivated?
• Need more sleep?
• Have trouble controlling your appetite?
• Feel down or depressed?

If you answered “yes” to any of the questions above, you may be suffering from seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

Winter isn't a “wonderland” for everyone. Every year, millions of us feel our energy levels ebb and spirits fall as the days grow shorter . In this no-nonsense, up-to-date survival kit for weathering the winter blues, Dr. Normal Rosenthal – the world's foremost expert on the condition – explains what causes SAD and what you can do about it. A self-test allows you to track and evaluate your seasonal mood swings. Armed with a better understanding of what you're up against, Dr. Rosenthal helps you determine an appropriate plan of action. He outlines an expanded variety of methods proven to make you feel better – including new developments in light therapy, antidepressant medications, and breakthrough self-help strategies. The book also covers factors that may contribute to your symptoms, like alcohol or drug use and overeating, and helps you find ways to avoid them.