Books for Patients

It seems like for every problem, there are now dozens of self-help books to treat it. In this section you will find a list of books that I (or other professionals I know and trust) recommend for help in dealing with anxiety, mood, impulse control, and sleep disorders. For your convenience, I have divided them into sections based on the particular disorder and have linked each one (when available) to Amazon.com in case you want to order it!

Panic Disorder

Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic - Fourth Edition (MAP-4) by David H. Barlow & Michelle G. Craske

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

Panic Disorder: The Facts by Stanley Rachman & Padmal De Silva

When Panic Attacks: The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life by David D. Burns

Don't Panic by Reid Wilson

Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)

Overcoming Shyness and Social Phobia by Ronald M. Rapee

Managing Social Anxiety by Debra A. Hope, Richard G. Heimberg, Harlan R. Juster & Cynthia L. Turk

The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook by Martin M. Antony & Richard P. Swinson

Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness by Gillian Butler

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Stop Obsessing!: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions (Revised Edition) by Edna B. Foa & Reid Wilson

Overcoming Obsessive Thoughts: How to Gain Control of Your OCD by Christine Purdon & David A. Clark

Mastery of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - Client Workbook by Edna B. Foa & Michael J. Kozak

Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Gail S. Steketee

Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring: Workbook by Gail S. Steketee & Randy Frost

Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior: A Four-Step Self-Treatment Method to Change Your Brain Chemistry by Jeffrey M. Schwartz

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Reclaiming Your Life from a Traumatic Experience: A Prolonged Exposure Treatment Program Workbook by Barbara Rothbaum, Edna Foa, & Elizabeth Hembree

Reclaiming Your Life After Rape by Barbara Olasov Rothbaum & Edna B. Foa

I Can't Get Over it - A Handbook for Trauma Survivors by Aphrodite Matsakis

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

Mastery of Your Anxiety and Worry: Workbook by Michelle G. Craske & David H. Barlow

The Worry Cure: Seven Steps to Stop Worry from Stopping You by Robert L. Leahy

Overcoming Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Client Manual: A Relaxation, Cognitive Restructuring, and Exposure-Based Protocol for the Treatment of Gad (Best Practices for Therapy) by John R. White

Specific Phobias

Mastering Your Fears and Phobias: Workbook by Martin M. Antony, Michelle G. Craske, & David H. Barlow

Overcoming Specific Phobias - Client Manual: A Hierarchy & Exposure-Based Protocol for the Treatment of All Specific Phobias by Edmund J. Bourne

Overcoming Animal & Insect Phobias: How To Conquer Fear Of Dogs, Snakes, Rodents, Bees, Spiders & More by Martin M. Antony & Randi E. McCabe

Overcoming Medical Phobias: How to Conquer Fear of Blood, Needles, Doctors, And Dentists by Martin M. Antony & Mark A. Watling

Flying Without Fear by Duane Brown

Living with Fear by Isaac M. Marks

Depression

Overcoming Depression One Step at a Time: The New Behavioral Activation Approach to Getting Your Life Back by Michael E. Addis & Christopher R. Martel

Mind Over Mood by Dennis Greenberger & Christine Padesky

The Feeling Good Handbook by David D. Burns

The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (includes audio CD narrated by Jon Kabat-Zinn) by J. Mark G. Williams, John D. Teasdale, Zindel V. Segal, & Jon Kabat-Zinn

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David D. Burns

Ten Days to Self-Esteem by David D. Burns

Insomnia

Say Good Night to Insomnia: The Six-Week, Drug-Free Program Developed At Harvard Medical School by Gregg D. Jacobs

No More Sleepless Nights by Peter Hauri & Shirley Linde

The Insomnia Answer: A Personalized Program for Identifying and Overcoming the Three Types of Insomnia by Paul Glovinsky & Art Spielman

Relief from Insomnia by Charles M. Morin

Body Focused Repetitive Disorders

The Hair-Pulling Problem: A Complete Guide to Trichotillomania by Fred Penzel

Help for Hair Pullers: Understanding and Coping With Trichotillomania by Nancy J. Keuthen, Dan J. Stein, & Gary A. Christensen

The Habit Change Workbook: How to Break Bad Habits and Form Good Ones by James Claiborn & Cherry Pedrick

You Are Not Alone: Compulsive Hair Pulling, the Enemy Within by Cheryn Salazar

What's Happening To My Child: A Guide For Parents' Of Hair Pullers by Cheryn Salazar

Other Helpful Books:

The 60-Second Shrink: 101 Strategies for Staying Sane in a Crazy World by Arnold A. Lazarus & Clifford N. Lazarus

The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook by Edmund J. Bourne

The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook by Martha Davis, Matthew McKay & Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman

Don't Believe It for a Minute!: Forty Toxic Ideas That Are Driving You Crazy by Arnold A. Lazarus, Clifford N. Lazarus & Allen Fay

I Can If I Want To by Arnold A. Lazarus & Allen Fay

One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way by Robert Maurer

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