Book Review: Coping with Anxiety: 10 Simple Ways to Relieve Anxiety, Fear & Worry

This book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Overcoming Fear. Fear is a feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or imminence of danger. Larry Crane is the Official Guide to Overcoming Fear. Coping with Anxiety: 10 Simple Ways to Relieve Anxiety, Fear & Worry, by Edmund J. Bourne and Lorna Garano, is a valuable resource for people interested in learning How to Overcome Fear and it is available through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

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Anxiety affects 25 million people in the United States, and treatment can be difficult and daunting. Coping with Anxiety takes a sensible, clinically based approach by teaching ten simple steps to overcoming the problem and maintaining an anxiety-free life. The tips range from "Thinking realistically" to "Taking constructive coping actions" and include friendly exercises for combating a particular aspect of anxiety. In the first chapter, for example, readers learn how to deal with physical symptoms by mastering three essential relaxation techniques. Each strategy provides something the reader can do in the moment. An afterword on medication is included.