With a bit of humor and a lot of charity, a therapist shares her
unusual experiences with people suffering from crippling phobias,
panic attacks, and obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD) and
describes how she helps them. Therapist Dumont practices
cognitive/behavioral therapy in real-life settings, which means
that she doesn't just sit in an office with her fearful clients;
she rides elevators and crosses bridges with them, and even makes
house calls to those frightened of leaving home. The heart of this
book is a series of case studies of some of her more anxiety-ridden
clients, among them Sam, whose snake phobia reached job-threatening
levels; Jerry, whose compulsion was to pick up all litter in subway
stations; Janet, who felt compelled to search for bodies along the
roadside; and Gracie, whose obsession with dirt led her to bathe
eight hours a night for over 30 years. Dumont describes the
techniques she used to help these and other clients regain control
of their lives. In separate sections directed first at those people
having anxiety disorders and then at those who live with or care
for them, she outlines a step-by-step process in which the sufferer
learns to identify the thought that sets off the phobic or
obsessive-compulsive response, to test the thought's reality by
observing the outside world, and to use carefully planned and
documented exposures to the feared situation to assess progress,
Various worksheets, charts, and diaries are involved in this
process, and these are included in an appendix. Dumont is not
averse to medications for OCD, and she includes a brief overview of
what's currently available. For the casual reader, a fascinating
trip through a world of bizarre behaviors; for the victim of an
anxiety disorder or the family of such a victim, reassurance that
there is a path out. (Kirkus Reviews)
Gracie hasn't left her house in thirty years out of fear she'll be
contaminated. Jerry spent hours each day picking up debris on the
subway platform. Norm's bridge phobia led him into alcoholism.
David bright, young, ambitious feared he'd lose his job because he
so dreaded giving sales presentations. These are some of the case
studies exemplary of the approximately fourteen to twenty million
people who suffer from anxiety disorders in this country that are
found in this riveting and instructive book. Raeann Dumont lays
bare the features of obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, and
panic. Utilizing cognitive therapy and self-help techniques, she
helps readers recognize anxiety-producing thoughts and shows how,
through reality testing and assessing anxiety situations, these
compulsions can be managed.
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