The Sheldon Short Guide to
Worry and Anxiety

Dr Frank Tallis is an award-winning writer and a clinical psychologist. He has held lecturing posts in clinical psychology and neuroscience at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (King’s College, London), and is one of the country’s leading authorities on obsessional states. He is the author of Understanding Obsessions and Compulsions (Sheldon Press, 1992) and How to Stop Worrying (Sheldon Press, reissued 2014), both of which are recommended on the Reading Well Books on Prescription scheme. He has written academic textbooks and over thirty academic papers, and is the author of several acclaimed novels.

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THE SHELDON
SHORT GUIDE TO

WORRY AND
ANXIETY

Dr Frank Tallis

First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Sheldon Press
An Hachette UK Company

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ISBN 978–1–84709–365–3

Contents

1What is worry?

2Preparing to solve your problems

3How to solve your problems: the problem-solving package

4Learning to make quicker decisions

5Coping with setbacks

6When the worry won’t stop