Mastering Phobias: Cases, Causes and Cures

Phobias ruin lives. But although many people are crippled by intense irrational terrors - whether focused on sex, spiders, social situations or just going out of the front door - reliable new treatments and self-help methods now promise relief for almost everyone.
In this lifeline for long-standing sufferers, researcher and consultant psychiatrist Dr Richard Stern offers understanding, reassurance and straightforward practical advice. Considering in turn the commonest phobias and the more unusual variants (fears of flying, farting, dogs and diseases), he provides readers with self-assessment questionnaires and shows them how to break through the constraints of agoraphobia; build up assertiveness and social skills (but control anger); develop freedom from sexual worries and inhibitions; draw up action and thought plans; consider the (useful but limited) option of medication; and find further information and help.
Phobias cause immense damage, but no one has to put up with them. This invaluable book will allow sufferers to tackle and beat them.