Overcoming Body Dysmorphic Disorder: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach to Reclaiming Your Life - Softcover

Neziroglu, Fugen A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1608821498 ISBN 13: 9781608821495

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, 2012

Synopsis

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a debilitating anxiety condition that keeps sufferers fixated on their imagined ugliness and, very often, trapped in their homes. People with BDD become fixated on perceived asymmetries or disproportions in their bodies, thinning hair, acne, wrinkles, scars, or ruddiness of complexion. Far from ordinary body image dissatisfaction, BDD compels sufferers to pick at their skin, undergo repeated cosmetic treatments and surgeries, and attempt to hide perceived bodily and facial defects from others. Left untreated, people with BDD may even refuse to leave the house or commit suicide because of their anxiety. Overcoming Body Dysmorphic Disorder offers BDD individuals a practical guide to the mindfulness, acceptance, and exposure and response prevention strategies that can help them overcome the disorder. Presented by lead author Fugen Neziroglu, an anxiety expert regularly featured on A&E's television show Hoarders, this comprehensive guide offers self-assessment tools and a complete cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) program for reducing the effect of BDD on sufferers' lives. Its step-by-step guidance and easy-to-follow exercises are sure to help readers with BDD move beyond their anxieties and start living with greater freedom and confidence than ever before.

About this title

About the Author

Fugen Neziroglu, PhD, ABPP, ABBP, is a board-certified cognitive and behaviour psychologist, involved in the research and treatment of anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, trichotillomania, hoarding, body dysmorphic disorder and hypochondriasis at the Bio-Behavioural Institute in Great Neck, NY. She is co-author of Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding and many other books. Her books have been translated to various languages.

From the Back Cover

If you suffer from body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), you are all too aware of the negative impact this condition can have on your life. You may experience intense anxiety about perceived body or facial flaws, or obsess over thinning hair, acne, wrinkles, and scars. You may even undergo repeated cosmetic treatments and surgeries, or avoid going outside for fear of scrutiny becoming a virtual prisoner in your own home. However, if you are ready to make a change, this book can help.

Overcoming Body Dysmorphic Disorder will help you gain a better understanding of your condition so that you can begin recovering. Based in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), this book offers practical exercises and worksheets to help you target the cause of your BDD, begin to change the way you think about your body, and prevent future relapse. With this book as your guide, you can move beyond your anxieties and start living with a greater sense of freedom and confidence.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1608821498
• ISBN 13: 9781608821495
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200