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Coping With Anxiety: A Guide to Exposure Therapy

To be human is to have emotional problems. Sometimes we can deal with these problems by ourselves or with the help of family and friends. However, we sometimes also benefit from professional help in overcoming emotional problems before they become so severe as to be disabling. This booklet is designed to help you make the most of your experience with Behavioural Therapy - a proven and generally very effective form of treatment for people suffering from anxiety. Read it through several times and discuss anything you're not clear about with your therapist.

Behavioural therapy or psychotherapy seems to have fallen from favour over the last 10 years. It does however remains however one of the most effective treatments for anxiety, depression and other psychological problems. It is particularly effective for phobias, panic and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.