Is the best book I have read on overcoming anxiety. We used this book in my cbt group and the tea forms in it are the best tool I have learned (so far) to help me deal with my anxieties. The author shares his story and simplifies the essential exercises for getting over anxiety and depression.

Is Been There, Done That, Try This the title? Do you know the author?

Forget it... I just read the title of your post. Clearly I'm tired and need to catch some z's.

JudyR this is the book that helped me. I do the TEA form exercise daily! Just so you know there is another thread on here already about this book if you want to check it out here's the link:
http://bbs.stresscenter.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/743105472/m/9971025072/p/1

Take care and I am glad it is working for you too!

This is my first time visiting the site (to check it out for a friend who has bad anxiety) and I was excited to see that there was a post at the top about this book that turned my life around. I was referred to it by a neighbor who is a psychologist four years ago and using the TEA forms has changed my life. I no longer fret over every little thing and I used to go to the doctor at least once a month and the past couple of years I have only gone in for my annual physical. My life is so much more full now and the TEA forms have become part of my daily routine. All the early hard work on them comes back to you and my family has benefitted also. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is willing to work on getting themselves better

The book is very good. David Burns' book (Feeling Good) goes into these exercises more extensibly if anyone is interested. It's more detailed and goes into the distorted thoughts and exercises in depth.

If you suffer from depression I recommend a book by Paul Gilbet (2nd edition) called "Overcoming Depression". On the flip side: If you just want to escape & have a good laugh, read the book by Chelsea Handler "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea". (on the bestseller list right now) Her stories are hilariuos, I'm half way thrugh the book right now. Sometimes laughing is good therapy! I took yesterday off the program & started reading this book & I felt so much better when I woke-up this morning. Yesterday I felt like crap most of the day, it was hard to get out of bed & go to work. Life gets too serious most of the time! I'm learning to laugh more! All of us need to laugh more, it's very critcal to our recovery!!!

I read and loved this book in the cbt group I joined after I did Lucinda's program and the TEA forms really are simple and effective and helped me get over the top of my anxiety probs. I liked the tone and simplicity of the book too, the author was a long time sufferer of anxiety like Lucinda and was easy to relate to. I have been med free for over four years now and feeling better all the time. A must read for anyone who wants to take control of their anxiety and life and get off their meds.

P.S. I have not read the Burns book but it is recommended as an additional resource in the back of Obitz's book.

I started a similar thread about this book some time ago. In fact it is the one that is linked in WW's reply above. We used both this book and the one mentioned by Mary Wargo by David Burns in my group and both are excellent and really complimentary to each other. I highly recommend both of them.

Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to share their experience with the book and TEA forms and all the additional advice. I really liked Julene's
advice about learning to laugh more. Chrissy thanks for staying engaged here and hopefully helping others as much as you have helped me
You're the best!

This is an encouraging thread. I just received this book as a gift last month and have been doing the TEA's for the last three weeks and they are starting to sink in and help me a lot. It is very complimentary to Lucinda's stuff which I did a year and a half ago. This thread gives me hope that I will continue to feel even better in the coming weeks and months thanks.

Thanks for sharing Marcpl. I hope you are continuing to work on your TEA forms and making even greater progress. I still do them just about everyday and they keep me in the right frame of mind and get me out of my head before worry can take hold

I have only been doing the TEA exercise for the past couple of weeks and I think I'm starting to get it, but what no one mentions from this book that has already made a drastic difference for me is the Wrist counter exercise. By learning to focus on what I am accomplishing instead of what I have not gotten done I am feeling so much less stressed out and just in a better mood in general. It's hard to believe such a simple exercise like this can change your outlook and mood so fast but it has. I'm hopeful that I'll get the additional benefits everyone mentions from the TEA exercise, but this alone has been a big help and I am feeling more optimistic that I may have found an answer than I have in a while.

where did you all find this book? From all the replies it sounds like a good one.