My Anxious Mind by Michael A Tompkins

My Anxious Mind by Michael A Tompkins

ABCT Self Help Book Seal of Merit Award

My Anxious Mind helps teens take control of their anxious feelings by providing cognitive behavioral strategies to tackle anxiety head-on.

My Anxious Mind helps teens feel more confident and empowered in the process of taking control of their anxious feelings. It also offers ways for teens with anxiety to improve their inter-personal skills, manage stress; handle panic attacks; use diet and exercise appropriately; and decide whether medication is right for them.

Can you spare 30 minutes to feel less anxious?

Go ahead. Think about how your life would be different if you were less anxious. What would change? Would you try out for the basketball team? Ask someone out on a date? Would you sleep better and feel less tense? Would you feel calmer and happier?

Michael A. Tompkins, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist, a founding partner of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy, Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. Dr. Tompkins is the author or co-author of numerous articles and chapters on cognitive-behavior therapy and related topics, including a book and videotape series titled, Essential Components of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Depression (APA, 2001) and Therapy Homework: Key Steps to Creating and Implementing Successful Homework Assignments (Guildford Press, 2004). Currently, he is at work on a book titled, Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Youth: A Step-by-Step Guide to be published by the American Psychological Association. Dr. Tompkins has presented nationally on the topic of compulsive hoarding.