Rewire your anxious brain : how to use the neuroscience of fear to end anxiety, panic, and worry / Catherine M Pittman and Elizabeth M Karle.
2015
RC531 .P47 2015eb
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Rewire your anxious brain : how to use the neuroscience of fear to end anxiety, panic, and worry / Catherine M Pittman and Elizabeth M Karle.
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9781626251144 (electronic bk.)
1626251142 (electronic bk.)
9781626251151 (electronic bk.)
1626251150 (electronic bk.)
9781626251137
1626251134
1626251142 (electronic bk.)
9781626251151 (electronic bk.)
1626251150 (electronic bk.)
9781626251137
1626251134
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Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, [2015]
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English
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RC531 .P47 2015eb
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616.85/2205
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"Do you ever wonder what is happening inside your brain when you feel anxious, panicked, and worried? In Rewire Your Anxious Brain, psychologist Catherine Pittman and author Elizabeth Karle offer a unique, evidence-based solution to overcoming anxiety based in cutting-edge neuroscience and research. In the book, you will learn how the amygdala and cortex (both important parts of the brain) are essential players in the neuropsychology of anxiety. The amygdala acts as a primal response, and oftentimes, when this part of the brain processes fear, you may not even understand why you are afraid. By comparison, the cortex is the center of "worry." That is, obsessing, ruminating, and dwelling on things that may or may not happen. In the book, Pittman and Karle make it simple by offering specific examples of how to manage fear by tapping into both of these pathways in the brain. As you read, you'll gain a greater understanding how anxiety is created in the brain, and as a result, you will feel empowered and motivated to overcome it. The brain is a powerful tool, and the more you work to change the way you respond to fear, the more resilient you will become. Using the practical self-assessments and proven-effective techniques in this book, you will learn to literally "rewire" the brain processes that lie at the root of your fears"-- Provided by publisher
"In Rewire Your Anxious Brain, a clinical psychologist offers readers a unique, evidence-based solution to overcoming anxiety based in cutting-edge neuroscience and research. In the book, readers will learn how the amygdala and cortex (both important parts of the brain) are essential players in the neuropsychology of anxiety. Using the practical self-assessments and proven-effective techniques in the book, readers will learn to "rewire" the brain processes that lie at the root of their fears"-- Provided by publisher
"In Rewire Your Anxious Brain, a clinical psychologist offers readers a unique, evidence-based solution to overcoming anxiety based in cutting-edge neuroscience and research. In the book, readers will learn how the amygdala and cortex (both important parts of the brain) are essential players in the neuropsychology of anxiety. Using the practical self-assessments and proven-effective techniques in the book, readers will learn to "rewire" the brain processes that lie at the root of their fears"-- Provided by publisher
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Table of Contents
Part 1: Anxious Brain Basics
Anxiety in the Brain
The Root of Anxiety: Understanding the Amygdala
How the Cortex Creates Anxiety
Identifying the Basis of Your Anxiety: Amygdala, Cortex, or Both?
Part 2: Taking Control of Your Amygdala-Based Anxiety
The Stress Response and Panic Attacks
Reaping the Benefits of Relaxation
Understanding Triggers
Teaching Your Amygdala Through Experience
Exercise and Sleep Tips for Calming Amygdala-Based Anxiety
Part 3: Taking Control of Your Cortex-Based Anxiety
Thinking Patterns That Cause Anxiety
How to Calm Your Cortex.
Anxiety in the Brain
The Root of Anxiety: Understanding the Amygdala
How the Cortex Creates Anxiety
Identifying the Basis of Your Anxiety: Amygdala, Cortex, or Both?
Part 2: Taking Control of Your Amygdala-Based Anxiety
The Stress Response and Panic Attacks
Reaping the Benefits of Relaxation
Understanding Triggers
Teaching Your Amygdala Through Experience
Exercise and Sleep Tips for Calming Amygdala-Based Anxiety
Part 3: Taking Control of Your Cortex-Based Anxiety
Thinking Patterns That Cause Anxiety
How to Calm Your Cortex.