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Overcoming Social Anxiety: 
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Twenty audio THERAPY tapes or CDs on HOW TO overcome social anxiety, plus a correlated workbook.  Additional help and support for the series is provided on the web.

This therapy series is designed for people with social anxiety disorder (DSM-IV 300.23). 

Go to the Audio Series page for a complete explanation.

The Social Anxiety Network, in association with Amazon books, is proud to bring you this page of available books on anxiety.   Please note that we can't read and endorse every word of each of these books.   However, these books, in general, do a good job of explaining the anxiety disorders -- and providing information and help to people with anxiety problems. 

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This book is one of the finest books to deal with social anxietyIt includes definitions, examples, and cognitive  behavioral strategies. Currently, the best book on the market -T.R. Dying of Embarrassment: Help for Social Anxiety & Phobia
by Cheryl N. Carmin, C. Alec Pollard, Teresa Flynn, Barbara G. Markway
Availability: This title usually ships within 24 hours.     ..Paperback, 199 pages
Published by New Harbinger.   Publication date: October 1, 1992.    ISBN: 1879237237
One of the best workbooks for anxiety problems.  It is not specific to any of the anxiety disorders.  It is clearly-written and filled with  good cognitive-behavioral exercises. -- T.R. The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
by K Edmund J. Bourne, Edmund Bourne
Availability: This title usually ships within 24 hours.   2nd Edition.  Paperback, 428 pages  Published by New Harbinger.    Publication date: June 1995.    ISBN: 1572240032
From Booknews, Inc.: Social phobia is the least well known and understood of the anxiety disorders ...integrating the knowledge in biological psychiatry and cognitive-behavioral psychology, this comprehensive volume provides state -of-the-art reviews...(Note: Drs. Heimberg and Liebowitz are leading researchers in the study of social anxiety -- T.R.) Social Phobia : Diagnosis, Assessment, and Treatment
by Richard G. Heimberg (Editor), Michael R. Liebowitz (Editor), Debra Hope
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.Hardcover, 435 pages
Published by Guilford, Publication date: November 1995    ISBN: 1572300124
A good general book about anxiety that truly does provide great help  for people with anxiety. -- T.R. Triumph over Fear : A Book of Help and Hope for People With Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and Phobias
by Jerilyn Ross, Rosalynn Carter
Availability: This title usually ships within 24 hours.  Reprint Edition Paperback, ISBN: 0553374443
Published by Bantam Books, Publication date: May 1, 1995
This excellent book of general cognitive-behavioral exercises  deals with anxiety problems, depression, and relationship difficulties. -- T.R. Feeling Good : The New Mood Therapy
by David D. Burns. M.D.
Availability: This title usually ships within 24 hours.  Mass Market Paperback, Published by Avon.
Publication date: June 1, 1992   ISBN: 0380718030
A comprehensive text, more medical in tone, that presents the subject well.  Less emphasis is placed on therapy than on understanding. -- T.R. Social Phobia : From Shyness to Stage Fright
by John R. Marshall
Availability: This title usually ships within 24 hours.  Reprint Edition, Paperback, 240 pages
Published by Basic Books   ISBN: 0465078966
A good workbook that is intended to alleviate anxiety symptoms.  Well written.  Mainly geared toward panic and agoraphobia. -- T.R. Anxiety, Phobias, and Panic : A Step-By-Step Program for Regaining Control of Your Life
by Reneau Z. Peurifoy
Availability: This title usually ships within 24 hours.  Paperback, 363 pages, Published by Warner Books
Publication date: September 1, 1995    ISBN: 0446670537
The first Feeling Good Handbook handles life's problems through practical use of cognitive-behavioral therapy.  It is general in nature and covers more than anxiety. -- T.R. Feeling Good Handbook
by David D. Burns
Paperback, 587 pages
Published by Plume     Publication date: October 1990

Additional titles available on The Social Anxiety Institute site.

OTHER BOOKS ABOUT ANXIETY YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK OUT:

(The following books on anxiety have not been reviewed -- T.R.)

The Sky Is Falling : Understanding and Coping With Phobias, Panic, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders by Raeann Dumont

Journey from Anxiety to Freedom : Moving Beyond Panic and Phobias and Learning to Trust Yourself by Mani Feniger

Working With Groups to Overcome Panic, Anxiety, and Phobias
by Carol Goldman, Shirley Babior

Audio Therapy Series: "Overcoming Social Anxiety: Step by Step"

 
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