ask tHe exPert
aNxiety HaPPeNs. In fact,
it happens to everyone. there’s no
avoiding it or ignoring it. Anxiety
can happen upon you on your
daily commute (road rage,
anyone?), at parties or social
events, before important
meetings, or even while trying to
get your kids to brush their teeth
and get to bed! this anxiety might
even keep you from falling asleep at
night because you’re lying awake
thinking of all the things that make
you anxious. that leads to stress,
fatigue and even more anxiety.
JoHN P. forsytH, Phd.,
professor of psychology and
director of the anxiety
disorders research program at
the University of Albany, SUny,
and georg H. eifert, Phd. ,
professor emeritus of
psychology and former associate
dean of the School of Health and
Life Sciences at chapman
University in orange, california,
have come up with a portable,
practical and powerful solution.
Anxiety Happens: 52 Ways to Find
Peace of Mind, is a small book with
big solutions to everyday anxiety
problems.
For this month’s Ask the Expert,
we spoke with both Forsyth and
Eifert about what makes people
today so anxious, how their book
can help with your personal mental
health practice, and the ways they
use their own advice to change their
brains’ perspectives on anxiety.
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JoHN P. forsytH, Phd.
And georg H. eifert, Phd.
JoHN P. forsytH, Phd.
georg H. eifert, Phd.