Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1 (8)
Part 1 What You Need to Know
Understanding Fears and Phobias 9 (10)
Understanding Agoraphobia 19 (12)
The Four Components of Agoraphobic Fear 31 (14)
Why Your Agoraphobia Has Not Gone Away 45 (12)
How to Make Your Agoraphobia Go Away 57 (8)
Some Final Things to Consider Before You 65 (8)
Start
Part 2 What You Need to Do
Step 1. Setting Recovery Goals and 73 (8)
Objectives
Step 2. Acquiring a Healthy Perspective and 81 (12)
Useful Coping Strategies
Step 3. Challenging Your Beliefs about 93 (8)
Danger
Step 4. Overcoming Your Fear of Internal 101(16)
Sensations in the Absence of External
Danger Signals
Step 5. Overcoming Your Fear of Internal 117(20)
Sensations in the Presence of External
Danger Signals
Part 3 Evaluating and Continuing Your Progress
Maintaining Your Gains 137(8)
What to Do if You Get Stuck 145(4)
Appendix A Why Some People Develop Panic and 149(2)
Phobias
Appendix B How Negative Automatic Thoughts 151(4)
Reflect Cognitive Traps
Appendix C Factual Information about Symptom 155(6)
Attacks
Appendix D The Physiology and Symptoms of 161(4)
Hyperventilation
Appendix E Specific Feared Agoraphobic 165(8)
Situations
Appendix F Worksheets 173(8)
References 181
