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Anxiety

Here is a diverse list of titles to provide an introduction to anxiety, produced in collaboration with the Douglas Center and MCC.

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11 items

  • Unwinding Anxiety

    New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind

    Brewer, Judson,
    (Adult) Based on over 20 years of research, neuroscientist Judson Brewer's book provides a step-by-step guide offering mindfulness tools one can use to alleviate anxiety. Best of all, Brewer understands how difficult it can sometimes feel to…
    Book, 2021New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2021] — 152.46 BRE
  • Kind of Coping

    An Illustrated Look at Life With Anxiety

    Wilson, Maureen (Cartoonist),
    (Adult/Teen) This collection of comics and vignettes captures what it's like to live with and experience acute anxiety. More importantly, it does so with courage, humor, and the aim of letting others know they're not alone, while lending a helping…
    Book, 2019New York : Adams Media, 2019. — 152.46 WIL
  • (Grades 3-8) Raina's stomach aches start with what must be a stomach bug. After a while, though, they haven't gone away--and in fact, she's feeling nervous and unsettled most of the time. Telgemeier's beloved graphic novels take seriously the…
    Graphic Novel, 2019New York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2019. — GUTS
  • (Grades preschool-3) There are lots of things that Gloria would really like to do, if it weren't for her giant Problem that follows her everywhere telling her all the things that could go wrong. This picture book gives a visual to anxiety and shows…
    Picture Book, 2020Thomaston, Maine : Tilbury House Publishers, [2020] — PICTURE BOOK BRI
  • (Adult/Teen) This decidedly meandering memoir takes a deep look at the variety of ways anxiety can work to derail a life, in this case, Sarah Wilson, an Australian TV journalist. More importantly, Wilson wants her experience and her resilience to be…
    Book, 2018New York : Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow, 2018. — 616.8522 WIL
  • (Adult/Teen) Sometimes anxiety can take you away from the present moment. And for some of us, anxiety can cause excessive worry and stress about events and activities and become hard to control. "Mindfulness in Plain English", a classic in the…
    Book, 2011Boston [Mass.] : Wisdom Publications, c2011. — 294.34435 G 20th anniv. ed. PBK
  • My Age of Anxiety

    Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind

    Stossel, Scott
    (Adult) How to live and even succeed with crippling anxiety? Stossel, a journalist and editor at The Atlantic Magazine, has wrestled with anxiety since he was a toddler. This intimate, funny, and approachable book details all the myriad ways anxiety…
    Book, 2013New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. — 616.8522 STO
  • (Adult) In this well-researched account of the culture and structure of middle school, Warner explores why these years are often a time of turbulence and anxiety, with consequences that may be carried well into adulthood. Although this is…
    Book, 2020New York : Crown, [2020] — 306.874 WAR
  • Why Do I Feel So Worried?

    a Kid's Guide to Coping With Big Emotions : Follow the Arrows From Anxiety to Calm

    Kirkness, Tammi,
    (Grades 2-5) Using attractive and bright colored graphics and an easy to follow flowchart guide, Kirkness combines yoga with clinical and psychological approaches to provide helpful coping techniques to children and their parents/caregivers so…
    Book, 2022New York : The Experiment, 2022. — 152.46 KIR (EARLY)
  • The Anatomy of Anxiety

    Understanding and Overcoming the Body's Fear Response

    Vora, Ellen,
    (Adult) In this easy to understand and implement primer, psychiatrist Ellen Vora offers an holistic approach to anxiety by exploring the physiological sources of anxiety and offering practical guidance to help mitigate symptoms, which are backed up…
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] — 152.46 VOR
  • (Adult) Harper Horowitz believes she can manage her anxiety if she remains under control and sticks to her plan of becoming an oral surgeon, but when Daniel Craige and the possibility of love enter Harper's life, her rigid plans go awry and her…
    Book, 2022New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2022. — ROMANCE EDD PBK