Dr. Jill Weber, who is a clinical psychotherapist with a private practice in DC specializes in working with folks grappling with anxiety. Anxiety is a topic which can benefit from hypnotherapy and quality professional life coaching.
However, it, like Depression, is one of those DM diagnoses which automatically sagely necessitate a referral from a Medical Doctor for correct diagnosis and total treatment.
It is not a topic to be treated lightly.
Many people will say, “I’m feeling anxious,” and they are just referring to a light feeling of anxiety. True medical anxiety has a whole litany of associated symptoms, thus the need for a proper Medical assessment and diagnosis. Practical life helps like hypnosis and coaching can empower sufferers to regain control of their thoughts and their lives. However, psychotherapy is definitely in order and any non-medical treatment practitioners do need a medical referral to work with such clients.
Dr. Weber takes a practical approach to anxiety, but not one which treats it superficially. The many techniques she shares a quite useful, and she makes a point to provide tools to deepen the work at the reader’s own pace.
For example, her Downward Arrow technique provides a simple-to-use methodology many of us would benefit from to get to the underlying core beliefs we hold which disempower us. They might be limiting beliefs. They could be anxiety-triggering. They can be self-sabotaging beliefs.
Almost holding our hand, she walks us through several layers, not just 1 or 2 simplistic layers, from the Anxious Thought to peeling back the layers of beliefs to close in our core beliefs which are holding us back.
The exercise is terrific for all to use and benefit from. Whether you suffer from Clinically diagnosed Anxiety or simply some limiting beliefs, many of the techniques in the book are powerful for many different kinds of people to read and implement. She provides similarly super helpful tools and techniques to diffuse the paralyzing power of Overgeneralizations.
The book’s format is:
TOC:
Quick Start Guide
Which, by the way, is terrifically helpful. It serves as an easy reference to use the different parts of the book at different times when grappling with different aspects of Anxiety.
Chapter One: Is Anxiety Running Your Life?
Section I: FEELINGS
Chapter Two: Your Emotions
Chapter Three: Your Body& Physical Sensations
Chapter Four: Putting the Tools to Work
Section II: Behavior
Chapter Five: Avoidance & Escape
Chapter Six: Acceptance & Approach
Chapter Seven: Putting the Tools to Work
Section III: Thoughts
Chapter Eight: Thoughts vs. Reality
Chapter Nine: Getting Unstuck from Thoughts
Chapter Ten: Putting the Tools to Work
Section IV: Staying on Track
Chapter Eleven: The Road Ahead
Chapter Twelve: Building Your Support Network
Dr. Weber delivers another terrific Self-Help book as an adjunct to therapy and a tool for Personal Growth for all who are looking to grow and actualize their personal potential.
I highly recommend it.
Cheers and blessings,
April Braswell