Outsmart Your Anxious Brain, David A. Carbonell, PhD
Outsmart Your Anxious Brain, David A. Carbonell, PhD
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Outsmart Your Anxious Brain
Ten Simple Ways to Beat the Worry Trick

Author: David A. Carbonell, PhD, Martin N. Seif, PhD

Narrator: Stephen R. Thorne

Unabridged: 5 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/13/2021


Synopsis

It's time to outsmart your worry and anxiety. Drawing on the same cutting-edge psychology presented in author David Carbonell's The Worry Trick, this irreverent, on-the-go guide offers ten powerful "counter-intuitive" strategies to help you put worry in its place—anytime, anywhere.

Anxiety is a powerful force. It makes us question our decisions and ourselves, worry about the future, and it fills our days with dread and emotional turbulence. But what if we understood that anxiety is merely a trick of the mind, trying to convince us we're in danger? Anxiety is like a magician behind the curtain, playing subtle tricks on us to convince us that we're in danger when we're not. When we understand this, we can observe our anxious feelings with some distance.

Based on the author's popular book, The Worry Trick, this helpful and humorous guide identifies the "trick" of chronic anxiety, and provides the ten most powerful techniques based in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help you respond differently to panic, anxiety, worry, and phobias. Once you learn to respond differently to the worry trick, you'll be able to break the cycle of chronic anxiety for good.

About David A. Carbonell, PhD

David A. Carbonell, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who specializes in treating anxiety in all its forms. He is author of Panic Attacks Workbook, The Worry Trick, and Fear of Flying Workbook. He is "coach" of the popular self-help site anxietycoach.com, and has taught workshops on the treatment of anxiety disorders to more than 9,000 professional psychotherapists in the US and abroad. He is a long-standing member of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, and a frequent presenter at their annual conferences. He received his doctorate in clinical psychology from DePaul University in 1985, and has maintained a practice devoted to the treatment of anxiety disorders since 1990. He lives in Chicago, Illinois, with his wife and a pair of rescue dogs. In his spare time, he is founding member of The Therapy Players, an improvisational comedy troupe of professional psychotherapists which performs at clubs, theaters, and mental health conferences throughout the Chicago area.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lynn on February 02, 2020

This is new stuff!!! As a therapist, I am always reading about tools like taking a deep breath and practicing mindfulness when I read about overcoming anxious feelings. This book goes out of the box with some really good strategies! I don't mean creative, I mean smart. This book is SMART in outsmart......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on December 10, 2019

Offers plenty of tips and stories for readers chasing relief from anxiety issues. I wouldn't call it a 'worry trick,' but I am glad the author included worry, doubt, insecurity, fear and other life-affecting thought issues. Readers who have lived with the disorder likely have read dozens of books on......more

Goodreads review by Andy on January 23, 2022

This is a reasonable short summary of concepts from legitimate science like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I think the author does a good job of clarifying some concepts that often confuse people, like confidence comes from competence--not the other way around. The specific bits of advice stem from t......more

Goodreads review by Monte on July 27, 2021

This is a great book to read if you are an anxious worrier or know someone like this. Being both an anxious person with generalized anxiety disorder and someone studying psychology and entering into the field, I found it very informative and helpful. The tips that Carbonell gives are very good and h......more

Goodreads review by Johanny on August 15, 2024

If you would like to read about different ways to accept your anxious feelings and how work through them not fight against them, this is a wonderful book. This book helped me with my anxious feelings and thoughts. 10/10 would recommend and read again 🥹......more