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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
informative
medium-paced
Intriguing, but not quite what I was looking for. There was plenty of information and anxiety-abating techniques, but you can also get many similar tips and techniques with the help of a therapist. While this book does a good job of explaining the different kinds of anxieties and how it affects people, but I was really hoping for more information on how to cope with my partner's anxieties without waffling between feeling too caring and totally unfeeling--though I will say that Thieda does make a point to say not to coddle or make excuses for your loved one.
informative
reflective
fast-paced
informative
medium-paced
slow-paced
This book is very basic and makes some high level conclusions without necessarily looking further into a topic.
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Some things I already knew and some new things to try. Very informative.
informative
slow-paced
I think this is a very good "beginner's guide to anxiety" in its various forms. The plain language and examples would be very comforting to someone who is baffled by their partner's anxiety but really wants to help. The only thing that I would caution about with this book is a reader leaning too hard into the caregiver role and not recognizing that the person with anxiety also has a responsibility to help with their own healing. There is a good section at the end about self-care for the caregiver, but I wish there was a little bit more discussion about how it's great that a partner wants to help with anxiety and they can offer all of these tools, but the decision, will, and effort to handle anxiety differently needs to come from the anxious person. Otherwise, the relationship becomes very codependent, and the anxious person needs their partner to stabilize them.
informative
slow-paced