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What to say-and what not to say-when a friend or family member is suffering from anxiety. This compassionate guide outlines the different forms of clinical anxiety, identifying the telltale signs of each. Strauss offers specific advice on actions to take-and not to take-to avoid frustration and help loved ones feel safer and freer.
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Publisher's Weekly Review
The author of Talking to Depression turns to another increasingly common psychological disorder in this clear and helpful book. Targeting not anxiety sufferers but their family and friends (who may well be suffering vicariously), Strauss offers advice on what to do?and what not to do?in trying to help someone who is phobic, obsessive-compulsive, or afflicted with another anxiety disorder. Beginning with concise, clear background information in the form of answers to frequently asked questions (who gets anxiety? what is generalized anxiety disorder?), Strauss moves into the trickier issues: how can you intervene with someone who doesn?t acknowledge that he has a problem? how can you set boundaries so you don?t feel overburdened as a caretaker? Her advice is impressively specific; she proposes things you might say in approaching an anxiety sufferer and lets anxiety sufferers themselves list actions that do not help (e.g., ?getting angry at me for being weak?). Sensible, targeted and easy to put into action, Strauss?s tips will support and soothe anyone trying to deal with an anxious loved one. (Dec.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
Library Journal Review
Nineteen million adults suffer from clinical anxiety like panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Between these two books, we find advice for both those who suffer from these disorders and those who provide support. In Anxiety, Phobias, and Panic, his workbook for the motivated sufferer, professional counselor Peurifoy (Overcoming Anxiety) offers a clear overview of anxiety disorder followed by 15 lesson plans, with activities for combating six forms of anxiety. Medications are mentioned, but the focus is on a program combining behavioral and cognitive therapies. While Peurifoy bridges the gap between theory and therapy in exceptionally lucid prose, there are drawbacks to his approach: the workbook expects a fairly high level of commitment, requesting that one week be spent on each lesson. Also, an evaluation of program effectiveness is not provided. Strauss's Talking to Anxiety is directed to supporters of the anxiety-prone who are puzzled by the disorder's manifestations. An educator who specializes in coaching adults with ADD and other learning disabilities, Strauss (Talking to Depression) provides practical guidance for productive communication with affected individuals. The crux of the book is that "words matter." Common scenarios and conversations with anxious persons are examined, with examples of hurtful as well as helpful things to say. The concerns of children and teenagers are discussed, and a useful list of further resources is provided. Both books are accessible, though Peurifoy's is more technical. Recommended for consumer-oriented mental health collections, where they will complement and update similar works like Edward J. Bourne's The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook.-Antoinette Brinkman, M.L.S., Evansville, IN (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
