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Don't Feed the Monkey Mind: How to Stop the Cycle of Anxiety, Fear, and Worry - Paperback | Diverse Reads

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The very things we do to control anxiety can make anxiety worse. This unique guide offers a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based approach to help you recognize the constant chatter of your anxious “monkey mind,” stop feeding anxious thoughts, and find the personal peace you crave.

Ancient sages compared the human mind to a monkey: constantly chattering, hopping from branch to branch—endlessly moving from fear to safety. If you are one of the millions of people whose life is affected by anxiety, you are familiar with this process. Unfortunately, you can’t switch off the “monkey mind,” but you can stop feeding the monkey—or stop rewarding it by avoiding the things you fear.

Written by psychotherapist Jennifer Shannon, this book shows you how to stop anxious thoughts from taking over using proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and mindfulness techniques, as well as fun illustrations. By following the exercises in this book, you’ll learn to identify your own anxious thoughts, question those thoughts, and uncover the core fears at play.

Once you stop feeding the monkey, there are no limits to how expansive your life can feel. This book will show you how anxiety can only continue as long as you try to avoid it. And, paradoxically, only by seeking out and confronting the things that make you anxious can you reverse the cycle that keeps your fears alive.

ISBN-13: 9781626255067

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Publication Date: 04-01-2017

Pages: 200

Product Dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.50(d)

Jennifer Shannon, LMFT, is author of The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook for Teens, The Anxiety Survival Guide for Teens, and cofounder of the Santa Rosa Center for Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Santa Rosa, CA. She is a diplomate of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. Doug Shannon is a freelance cartoonist who resides in Santa Rosa, CA. Foreword writer Michael A. Tompkins, PhD, is founding partner of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy, diplomate of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, and assistant clinical professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He is author and coauthor of five books, including OCD and Digging Out.

Table of Contents

Foreword v

Introduction 1

1 Perception of Threat 5

2 The Three Assumptions 15

3 Feeding the Monkey 29

4 Playing It Safe 43

5 The World Is Round 63

6 Necessary Feelings 79

7 Monkey Chatter 93

8 Purpose and Plan 105

9 Lowering the Stakes 115

10 Practicing Praise 131

11 The Expanding Life 143

Key Takeaways 152