“Your resistance…your commitment to fight or avoid your discomfort actually causes your continued problem with panic.” Dr. Reid Wilson

Dr. WILSON is a licensed psychologist who directs the Anxiety Disorders Treatment Center in Chapel Hill and Durham, North Carolina. He is also Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He is author of Don’t Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks and co-author of Stop Obsessing! How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions.

I wanted to interview Dr. Wilson immediately after reading his book Don’t Panic. He truly understands that to eliminate panic disorder, a paradoxical approach is the best solution. In this interview he explains why a change in attitude is so very important to recovery and how resistance to anxiety only worsens the problem.

Other topics covered in the interview are,

• how best to deal with general anxiety and anxious thoughts and

• some of the latest understanding on why people experience anxiety disorders in the first place.

I encourage all Panic Away members to listen to this insightful interview as everything Dr. Wilson talks about aligns perfectly with the program.

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You can learn more about Dr. Reid Wilson and his work here www.anxieties.com

“High speed drug free recovery is now possible” Dr. David D. Burns

Dr. Burns is best known for his very successful self-help books, such as Feeling Good and the Feeling Good Handbook, which have sold more than 5 million copies in the United States alone. In a national survey of American mental health professionals Dr. Burns’ Feeling Good was the top-rated book, from a list of 1,000 self-help books, for patients suffering from depression.

Dr. Burns is a true pioneer in the field of mental health. What makes him so unique is his ability to take psychological concepts and communicate them clearly to the general public. I got the opportunity to interview him recently on his book ‘When Panic Attacks‘. Please be sure to listen to the interview in full as he gives really excellent insight on anxiety and panic attacks. (See the player below).

In this interview you will hear Dr. Burns talk about:

• Super high speed techniques that can often bring about complete recovery in one therapy session alone.
• The one technique that works best to end panic disorder.
• Why acceptance is such a powerful and transformational concept in recovery.
• Why relapses are guaranteed and how to best deal with them.
• How social anxiety can be tackled using humor based techniques
• How just reading the right book (reading therapy) can often work as well or even better than traditional therapy. (Click the play button)

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Websites mentioned in the interview are www.feelinggood.com and www.teamtherapytraining.com

Dr David D Burns is an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine and has served as Visiting Scholar at Harvard Medical School . Dr. Burns has been a pioneer in the development of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a drug-free treatment for depression and anxiety which has become the most widely used and extensively researched form of psychotherapy in the world.

“You have my word as a doctor -this adrenaline rush will not kill you”. Dr Harry Barry on panic attacks

Dr Harry Barry is a medical doctor with a particular interest in mental health and has extensive experience of dealing with issues like anxiety and depression.

He is also the author of three best selling books and I have wanted to interview him for some time now after I discovered how much his work aligns with my own approach in Panic Away.

In this short interview Dr Barry explains:

• What exactly happens during a panic attack
• Why panic attacks are in no way dangerous.
• Why we need to normalize anxiety.
• Why be believes therapy is better than medication for treating anxiety.

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Dr. Harry Barry is a medical doctor based in Drogheda, Ireland. He is a Director of AWARE, the depression support organization. He is also author of three books

‘Flagging the Therapy – pathways out of depression and anxiety’
‘Flagging Stress – toxic stress and how to avoid it’
‘Flagging the Problem – a new approach to mental health’

All books are available from www.libertiespress.com or Amazon.com

Last month I did a special anxiety teleseminar for Panic Away members. Normally this type of call is kept for members only but it was such an inspiring call packed with great information that I just had to share it with you, so I asked the participants and they kindly gave me permission.

I am sharing this call with visitors to my blog.

You will hear really inspiring people from around the world talk to me about their anxiety and how they are overcoming it quickly.

You can hear it here free:

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Here are some of the topics we discussed:

-How long does it really take to end an anxiety problem?
-How to move past setbacks when healing your anxiety
-How to see the positive in anxiety
-How to best prepare for an upcoming flight!
-Why a cold or flu might make you feel anxious
-Magnesium and other supplements to help relieve anxiety

Enjoy,

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I am guessing that there have been moments when your anxiety has gotten you down and you have asked yourself “why me?” “why do I have to  deal with an anxiety problem?”

It’s during moments like that when you need to step back and try to see the bigger picture of your life. Perspective really helps move you into a feeling of acceptance and when you come from acceptance, your anxiety dramatically decreases and you check in mentally less and less to see how you are feeling. Your attitude really does determine the speed of your recovery.

What we resist persists but what we accept goes through a positive transformation.

Nick Vujicic is an incredibly inspiring man. He completely transformed his life by a change in attitude. He still has no arms and no legs but his life is radically different.

This short video of him will move you into the bigger picture of your life and your challenges. It may be the most important video will see in 2011 and it is only 4 minutes long. Have a quick look then leave a comment below.