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Highlights
- A fear of vomiting is estimated to impact 119 million adults, teenagers, and children in the English-speaking world.
- About the Author: David A. Russ is a Clinical Psychologist specializing in anxiety disorders and Founding Partner of the Carolinas Counseling Group in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- 224 Pages
- Psychology, Psychopathology
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About the Book
The first professional guide to diagnosing and treating emetophobia. Each chapter includes case studies demonstrating various presentations of emetophobia and illustrates aspects of diagnosis and treatment in practice.Book Synopsis
A fear of vomiting is estimated to impact 119 million adults, teenagers, and children in the English-speaking world. This much-needed guide to the diagnosis and treatment of emetophobia includes an overview of current literature and research, in addition to illuminating case studies of different presentations.
It contains guidance on how to employ evidence-based treatments, specifically CBT and exposure and response prevention (ERP), as well as other approaches to treatment, such as ACT for all ages. The arsenal of research and experience, both professional and personal, provided by Clinical Psychologist Dr David Russ and Registered Clinical Counsellor Anna S. Christie makes this book a must-have for mental health professionals treating emetophobia.About the Author
David A. Russ is a Clinical Psychologist specializing in anxiety disorders and Founding Partner of the Carolinas Counseling Group in Charlotte, North Carolina. First becoming interested in emetophobia because of his daughter's experience of it, he now treats children and teens with emetophobia and has written on and researched it extensively. He is also the co-creator of the Turnaround Anxiety Program for children and its Emetophobia supplement.
Anna S. Christie is a Registered Psychotherapist, speaker, and educator in Vancouver, Canada who has worked with over 200 emetophobic clients. She is the creator of the Emetophobia Help with Anna Christie podcast and Google's #1-ranked emetophobia help website emetophobiahelp.org/ which has over 10k backlinks. Anna has a history of severe emetophobia from which she has completely recovered.
