CHAPTER 1

Anxiety and Concern

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We will focus on the most common forms of anxieties that we see in our private practice.

Anxiety

You can be anxious about a number of things at the same time. For example:

  • Being judged negatively
  • Anxiety itself
  • Not achieving your personal goal
  • Failure
  • Something happening or not happening.

It is important to understand whether these different anxieties are dependent or independent of each other.

A person might be worried that if they do not perform well they will be judged negatively, and if this was to happen it would mean they are worthless. These two anxieties are therefore dependent on each other; performing well ...

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