A review by stacyroth
The Anxious Perfectionist: How to Manage Perfectionism-Driven Anxiety Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by Michael P. Twohig, Randy O. Frost, Clarissa W. Ong

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Clarissa Ong and Michael Twohig have created this book to help perfectionists realize how their perfectionism might be creating their anxiety, how to recognize it, and how to relax the reins on needing to be perfect.  Erin deWard does an excellent job narrating the audiobook version of this book. 

This book felt like it was talking directly to me and came into my life at just the moment I needed it.  I usually don’t go for self-help books, but this one called to me, and I can see myself rereading it again multiple times.  The chapters in the book help you recognize ways perfectionism may actually hold you back, then uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help you acknowledge your thoughts yet keep them from interfering with your life.  If you are a perfectionist, I highly recommend this book! 

Many thanks to NetGalley for providing me an audio ARC of this book.