Facing Panic: Self-Help for People with Panic Attacks

by R. Reid Wilson

Facing Self-Help for People with Panic Attacks teaches seven steps to break the cycle of panic and regain control of your life. Written by renowned anxiety disorders expert Reid Wilson, PhD, this book also includes techniques and exercises to manage and overcome panic attacks and panic disorder.

Genres: Mental Health

81 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

REID WILSON, PhD is a psychologist in Chapel Hill, NC. He has spent 40 years developing treatment protocols for anxiety disorders and OCD. In 2026 he authored Quiet Your OCD Brain: A Game-Changing Metacognitive Workbook to Defeat Obsessions and Compulsions. In 1986 he authored the first self-help book on panic disorder, the classic Don't Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks, now in its 3rd edition. In 1991 he co-authored with Dr. Edna Foa the first-ever self-help book on exposure and response prevention (ERP), Stop Obsessing! How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions. He is author of Stopping the Noise in Your Head: The New Way to Overcome Anxiety and Worry, as well as Facing Panic: Self-Help for People with Panic Attacks. He is co-author, with Lynn Lyons, LICSW, of Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents: 7 Ways to Stop the Worry Cycle and Raise Courageous & Independent Children and Playing with Anxiety: Casey’s Guide for Teens and Kids. His books have sold over 500,000 copies. He directs www.anxieties.com, celebrating 27 years this year as the largest, privately-run free self-help site on anxiety and OCD. He designed American Airlines' first national program for the fearful flier and served as the expert on anxiety for WebMD’s Mental Health Community. He is a Founding Clinical Fellow of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) and is a Fellow of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT). In 2014 he received ADAA’s highest service award, and in 2019 he received the highest service award from the International OCD Foundation.

Reviews

[Tom Romig · Rating 2 out of 5]

I hope many people are helped by the approach taken in this book. I felt early on that my experience of panic was significantly different from instances described here. Thus the tools that Reid Wilson explores--especially the importance of actually inducing panic (thus "facing")--would be inappropriate for my condition.

[Stephanie]

Good Advice

A concise book of advice on how to stop having repeated panic attacks and reactions to phobias. The most helpful book I've read on the subject.