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In Deconstructing Anxiety, Pressman provides a new and comprehensive understanding of fear's subtlest mechanisms. In this model, anxiety is understood as the wellspring at the source of all problems. Tapping into this source therefore holds the clues not only for escaping fear, but also for releasing the very causes of suffering, paving the way to a profound sense of peace and satisfaction in life.
With strategically developed exercises, this book offers a unique, integrative approach to healing and growth, based on an understanding of how the psyche organizes itself around anxiety. It provides insights into the architecture of anxiety, introducing the dynamics of the “core fear” (one's fundamental interpretation of danger in the world) and “chief defense” (the primary strategy for protecting oneself from threat). The anxious personality is then built upon this foundation, creating a “three dimensional, multi-sensory hologram” within which one can feel trapped and helpless.
Replete with processes that bring the theoretical background into technicolor, Deconstructing Anxiety provides a clear roadmap to resolving this human dilemma, paving the way to an ultimate and transcendent freedom. Therapists and laypeople alike will find this book essential in helping design a life of meaning, purpose and enduring fulfillment.
Table of Contents
Prologue: The Three Postulates
Introduction
PART 1: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
1 The Human Drama: Fear and Fulfillment—Two Drives in Conflict
2 Fear’s Survival Tactics: Deceptions and Manipulations
3 The Great Revelation
4 Three Doorways to Resolving Fear
5 Cosmogony and Psychology: Separation as the Source of Fear
6 Perception: Architect of the Separated World
7 The Core Fear and Chief Defense: A New Model of the Psyche
PART 2: THE EXERCISES—BRINGING THE PRINCIPLES TO LIFE
8 Digging for Gold: Finding the Core Fear
9 “Who Are You Really?”: Finding Your Chief Defense
10 The Master Key to Resolving Fear: “Doing the Opposite” of the Chief Defense
11 The Alchemist: Asking “What Happens Next?”
12 The Witness: Enhanced Vipassana (Mindfulness) Technique
13 The Warrior’s Stance
14 The Final Defense: Resisting Resistance
15 “Vision Questing”: The Pursuit of Fulfillment
Epilogue
References
Product details
| Published | Jul 24 2019 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 322 |
| ISBN | 9781538125410 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Illustrations | 3 b/w illustrations |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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