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This clinical guide shows therapists how to create effective, innovative, and values-driven exposures for treating clients with anxiety and avoidant behaviors. The exposures outlined in this book are easy-to-implement, easily tolerated by clients, and work to strengthen psychological flexibility.

From two internationally recognized experts on anxiety and the authors of Anxiety Happens comes the guided journal, offering daily writing prompts based in proven-effective acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help readers claim their calm, accept uncertainty, and break free from worry, fear, and panic.

Decolonizing the Body explores the traumatic physical and emotional effects of colonization and systemic racism on the body and mind. Written by a woman of color for women of color, it offers body-centered somatic practices to free women from internalized oppression, so they can reclaim confidence, dignity, and self-worth.

Death doulas support people practically, emotionally, and spiritually to prepare for death. This workbook brings the first-hand expertise of a death doula to those navigating the end of life--offering gentle and practical ways to explore their values, process their legacy, build connection with loved ones, prepare a comfortable death, and create a meaningful memorial.

For many people, social situations can be incredibly anxiety inducing. In CBT for Social Anxiety, a leading expert in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) offers an evidence-based guide for overcoming social anxiety using CBT skills, including "social mishap exposures." By partaking in these humorous social scenarios, readers will discover that their fears are largely unfounded, and will gain the self-confidence needed to live a fuller life.

Don't let self-doubt and fear of failure keep you from reaching your full potential! Despite your accomplishments, do you ever worry that you aren't good enough or capable enough? Have you reached high levels of success, yet still suspect that you're just "faking it?" If so, you may have imposter syndrome--the persistent, internalized, irrational fear of being exposed as a fraud, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. You aren't alone. Too often, highly talented and successful people allow self-doubt to cloud their view of themselves. So, how can you start celebrating your hard-earned success and move forward in life with confidence?In Overcoming Imposter Anxiety, imposter syndrome expert Ijeoma Nwaogu offers proven-effective and culturally informed strategies grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help you stand up to imposter anxiety, alleviate self-doubt and the fear of failure, and live with authenticity. You'll learn to anticipate and understand the triggers that cause your imposter thoughts, and discover ways to shift your mindset so you can move past fear, honor your achievements, and focus on your goals.You'll also learn how to: Respond to imposter thoughts and feelingsOvercome your fear of failure and affirm your competenceEmbrace the qualities that make you uniqueBuild an encouraging support networkHelp yourself by helping others It's time to ditch self-limiting beliefs, so you can start living life with greater courage, confidence, and authenticity. This book will help guide you, step by step.

This workbook combines two powerfully effective treatments to address relentless, intrusive, and unwanted thoughts--as well as the painful and intense emotions these thoughts can trigger. Readers will find an innovative blend of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills to manage obsessive, self-blaming, judgmental, and catastrophic thoughts--and find lasting emotional balance.

For those struggling with relationship addiction, or "love addiction," a breakup can feel overwhelming. Letting Go of Your Ex offers evidence-based skills and techniques grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy to help combat symptoms such as emotional distress, impulsive behavior, and obsessive rumination. With this compassionate and nonjudgmental guide, readers will find the tools needed to recover from love addiction, create a new life without their ex, and start focusing on what makes them happy.

For sufferers of chronic pain and addiction, this one-of-a-kind workbook blends mindfulness training, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and positive psychology principles into an effective, integrative treatment strategy. Chronic pain is difficult enough on its own. Combine it with addiction, and you may find yourself in a vicious cycle--using substances for pain relief, only to have your pain return, sometimes amplified, and accompanied by negative thoughts and intense emotions. Pain drives addiction, and that's why you need a pain management program that works hand in hand with addiction recovery. The Chronic Pain and Addiction Workbook presents a new approach to help you reduce your pain, strengthen your recovery, and improve your quality of life: Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement, or MORE. Specifically designed to treat the complex challenges faced by people struggling with both chronic pain and addiction, MORE is centered around three key therapeutic processes or skills: Mindfulness--to disengage from unhealthy cognitive and behavioral habitsReappraisal--to develop new, more helpful beliefs and actionsSavoring--to provide positive motivational energy and the sense of reward needed to drive and sustain behavioral change Using the integrative approach in this workbook, you'll learn how to change the way you respond to pain, and find the tools you need to maintain recovery, stay mindful and present in the moment, and build resilience. If you're suffering from both chronic pain and addiction, it's time to do MORE to reclaim a sense of healthy pleasure, joy, and meaning in your life. This workbook can help you get started today.

Black Americans are disproportionately affected by trauma and historically lack access to mental health resources. In this book, Black clinician and professor, Jennifer Shepard Payne, provides culturally tailored skills grounded in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to meet the specific needs of Black readers dealing with trauma due to systemic racism, so they can live their life fully aware and in tune with their own values.

This groundbreaking work illuminates the phenomena of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) as it is uniquely experienced by people of color, and provides a much-needed path to reclaiming health and wholeness despite the heavy burden of systemic, intergenerational, and attachment trauma resulting from racism in our country. Readers of color will find affirmation of their experience of C-PTSD from both a social justice and psychological lens, and learn techniques for reclaiming wholeness.

Teen boys are under intense pressure to conform to society's stereotypes of masculinity, but this widespread cultural message to "man-up" can be detrimental to teens' mental health. In this workbook, psychologist and expert on teen masculinity Christopher Reigeluth offers much-needed guidance to help teen boys form their own authentic, intentional, positive, and healthy masculine identities.

The teen years can be extremely challenging--and this is especially true for teens with coexisting depression and anxiety. In The Anxiety and Depression Workbook for Teens, psychologist Michael Tompkins offers straightforward and easy-to-implement cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) skills to help teens manage symptoms, connect with friends, try new things, bounce back from setbacks, and start feeling better.

Racial trauma can reverberate for generations, and lead to anxiety, irritability, anger, rage, depression, low self-esteem, shame, and guilt. Teens are especially vulnerable to racial trauma, as they are still developing a sense of self and identity. The Racial Trauma Handbook for Teens provides readers with evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) skills to heal the wounds of personal and intergenerational trauma, increase self-awareness, and build confidence.

Do you turn all your molehills into insurmountable mountains? This accessible and engaging book will guide you along the path to stop catastrophizing so that you can reclaim control, achieve your goals, and live a happier life.Is your worrying keeping you up all night, eroding your self-confidence, paralyzing your ability to make decisions, and harming your physical health? Excessive worrying is a problem that affects everyone at some point in their lives, but for some people it can become a lifelong affliction. Catastrophic worry can turn even imagined setbacks into a cascade of devastating events, impacting your sleep, self-confidence, decision making, problem solving, ability to cope, and overall health. So, how can you put an end to this worst-case habit?In this guide, leading worry expert Graham Davey explains the science of why we worry, and offers a clear path to stopping catastrophic worry so you can regain control and live a happier life. Focusing first on the psychological processes that contribute to catastrophizing, you'll gain a solid, research-based understanding of where your worry comes from, with insight into how it can snowball. You'll also learn how to assess your own level of catastrophic worrying, and find exercises that directly address those processes to help you establish healthy habits, manage your mood and anxiety, and make decisions with confidence.With these easy-to-follow tips and exercises for letting go of anxiety, lifting your mood, and managing your catastrophizing, you'll learn how to live with uncertainty and embrace a life free of unnecessary worry.

CBT skills for coping with angry thoughts, expressing your emotions, and putting an end to angry outbursts-once and for all.Being a young man is tough, and you're not always equipped to deal with the ongoing challenges of school, work, family, and relentless peer pressure. First of all, it's not all your fault. Our society encourages boys to repress their emotions-both positive and negative. You may have been told to "suck it up," or "just be a man." But burying your emotions can make it extremely difficult to express yourself, be heard, and feel like your needs are being met. The result is a frustration that builds and boils over into anger. The good news is there's an easy-to-learn method for managing your anger and expressing your emotions in a healthy way.Written by an expert in anger with decades of experience working with teens, this book provides you with the tools you need for effective anger management, as well as essential skills for getting in touch with and communicating your thoughts and feelings. You'll learn to understand the emotions that trigger anger, build up your emotional vocabulary to better express your feelings, and focus on the positive. You'll also discover anger-reduction techniques to stay cool when anger intensifies, so you put out the fire and get to a place of calm.This workbook is packed with tips and tricks to help you: ·Replace unhelpful anger with clear communication ·Break the habit of catastrophizing and personalizing ·Reduce the overwhelming physiological response of anger ·Channel the positive power of anger With the right tools, you can take charge of your anger-and your life. This workbook will show you how.In these increasingly challenging times, kids and teens need mental health resources more than ever. With more than 1.6 million copies sold worldwide, Instant Help Books are easy to use, proven-effective, and recommended by therapists.

Black women experience domestic violence and abuse at a disproportionately high rate. Grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), this first-of-its-kind book addresses the unique struggles faced by Black women who have experienced domestic violence, and empowers them to understand and heal their trauma, leave harmful situations, and regain a sense of safety and freedom.

Teen girls need clear and accurate information about relationships, sexuality, safety, and consent more than ever. Written by two experts in teen mental health, this much-needed guide offers empowering tools to help teen girls build self-esteem, clarify their values, understand their sexual identity and boundaries, decide what feels right for them, and what to do when things go wrong so that they can safely navigate dating online and in person.