How to stop excessive worrying and start enjoying life

Excessive worrying or generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) as it is known, affects more than 4 per cent of the population and causes a huge amount of distress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has been found to be a highly effective treatment that will help you to break the worry cycle, experience relief and maintain improved strategies for dealing with anxiety in the future. This invaluable self-help book has been written by two of the UK's leading experts on generalised anxiety disorder and contains:

· Clear explanations of the negative cycles that maintain worry
· Step-by-step exercises and strategies based on CBT
· Practical worksheets to monitor progress

'Good news for all Olympic worriers out there: Don't worry - try this!' Rowena Morton, A Single Step, Depression Alliance

DR KEVIN MEARES is a consultant clinical psychologist and cognitive therapist. He works at the Newcastle Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies Centre which is part of the Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust. He provides therapy to adults with mood and anxiety problems and offers training and supervision to other therapists. In addition to GAD, he has expertise in the treatment of complex post-traumatic stress disorder.

PROFESSOR MARK FREESTON is Head of Research and Development at the Newcastle Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies Centre, and is a Professor in the School of Psychology at Newcastle University where he leads a research programme on anxiety disorders, worry and intolerance of uncertainty.

Series Editor: Professor Peter Cooper
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