Laura's Book Recommendations

If you're working with me in therapy, or just browsing around my site and wanting to learn more, here are the books I most enthusiastically recommended:

Worry & Anticipatory Anxiety

The Worry Cure by Robert Leahy

Overcoming Anticipatory Anxiety: A CBT Guide for Moving past Chronic Indecisiveness, Avoidance, and Catastrophic Thinking by Sally Winston, PsyD and Martin Seif, PhD

Illness or Health Anxiety Anxiety

The Complete Guide to Overcoming Health Anxiety: How to Live Life to the Fullest... Because You're Not Dead (Yet) by Dr Josh Spitalnick and Michael Stier, LCPC

Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders

The OCD Workbook: Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Bruce Hyman, PhD and Cherry Pedrick, RN

Phobias

The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook by Edmund Bourne, PhD

Social Anxiety

The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook: Proven, Step-by-Step Techniques for Overcoming Your Fear by Martin Antony, PhD and Richard Swinson, MD

Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder

Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic: Workbook 4th Edition by Michelle Craske and David Barlow

Intrusive Thoughts

Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts by Sally Winston, PsyD and Martin Seif, PhD

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Feeling Good About the Way You Look: A Program for Overcoming Body Image Problems by Sabine Wilhelm, PhD