Book by Dr Christian Jonathan Haverkampf
Getting Rid of Anxiety
A practical, therapy-informed guide for understanding anxiety, noticing triggers, and building more helpful ways to respond. The book is intended for readers who want clear explanations, reflective exercises, and a calmer next step.
What the book is for
Anxiety can become easier to work with when it is understood. This book explains common anxiety patterns in plain language and offers exercises for reflection, communication, and everyday coping. It also discusses psychotherapy, counselling, cognitive-behavioural approaches, psychodynamic ideas, and Communication-Focused Therapy.
Educational reading can support understanding, but it is not a substitute for individual professional advice, diagnosis, treatment, or emergency care.
Understand anxiety
Recognise worry, avoidance, physical symptoms, fear loops, and the situations that can keep anxiety going.
Use exercises
Work with reflective prompts and practical exercises designed to make anxiety more understandable and manageable.
Connect with help
Use the book alongside reliable information, therapy, counselling, or medical support where that is appropriate.
Try a sample exercise
This short exercise is included so the page offers something useful before you decide whether to buy the book. Use it gently; it is for reflection, not diagnosis or emergency care.
1. Situation
Name the moment when anxiety rose. Keep it concrete: where were you, what was happening, and who was involved?
2. Body and fear story
Notice the body alarm, then write the prediction anxiety made. For example: If I do this, something bad will happen.
3. Next helpful step
Choose one small action that fits your values, not just anxiety’s demand for certainty. Make it modest enough to do today.
For a fuller guide to pacing this kind of reading, see how to use a self-help book for anxiety without getting overwhelmed.
Buy or find the book
Choose the Amazon store that is closest to you, or use another bookseller or library search. Availability, formats, prices, and delivery options are controlled by the bookseller and may vary by country.
Amazon stores
Other booksellers and library discovery
You can also ask a local bookshop to search by title and author: Getting Rid of Anxiety, Christian Jonathan Haverkampf.
Related information on this website
Questions about using the book
Is it a substitute for therapy?
No. The book can support understanding and reflection, but it is not a personal diagnosis, treatment plan, or emergency resource.
Who may find it useful?
Readers who want a structured way to understand anxiety, worry, avoidance, body symptoms, and practical next steps may find it helpful.
Can I use it with counselling?
Yes. You can bring one exercise, paragraph, or question into therapy or counselling and use it as a starting point for discussion.
If reading about anxiety makes you more anxious, pause. Read less, choose one small exercise, or seek professional support if symptoms are persistent, severe, risky, or interfering with daily life.
Reading and professional support
Books can help a person find language for what they are experiencing. If anxiety is persistent, severe, risky, or interfering with life, it can also be important to speak with a qualified professional. If you are in immediate danger or feel unable to keep yourself safe, contact local emergency services now.
