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A Well Written Guide To Help Understand Fear – Stanley Popovich breaks this book into three effective strategies to help the everyday person learn how to admit, address, and overcome anxiety, phobias, and panic attacks driven from fear and worry. As a professional mental health counselor, I would recommend this book to clients who come in and are dealing with excessive worry or fearful thoughts but aren’t sure if it is a driving force behind their ongoing problems. I believe anyone can pick up this book and find practical solutions to help re-adjust their thinking from irrational, all or nothing thinking, to do-able action based behavioral change. I recommend this book for anyone who lives with constant worry and anxiety or for anyone who struggles with anxiety. Stan provides practical techniques that are broken down into easy steps. – Amy

A Helpful Guide To Dealing With Fear – Stanley Popovich’s book is packed with well-presented, concrete suggestions for identifying fears and working to overcome their hold on your life. I particularly appreciated the many examples provided of ways to notice distorted thoughts and other factors that worsen fears. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I know that this is a tried-and-true way to help someone begin to dismantle fear, and Mr. Popovich does this very well. I recommend books to my patients quite often, and they report that practical, reader-friendly books have the most value for them. This is one I would recommend. – Tammy

 A Helpful Book For Anyone Wanting To Manage Their Fear – Stan’s book is a very helpful book for those struggling with any sort of fear in their lives. It goes through a series of options to use when trying to manage your fear. The author uses many illustrations and examples throughout the book to show how his suggestions would work in an everyday situation. The author also made it clear that all the approaches listed can be combined in any way and that the process and results will be different for each person. He also recommends going to a psychologist with some of these approaches. I recommend this book to anyone who is willing to change their lives and start by managing their fear. – Tamara Sinnamon

A Handy Supplement To Help With Fear – Stanley Popovich’s book is a simple written, easy to understand, and practical guide for the average reader looking for some help in dealing with their personal fears and anxieties. The book provides an understandable definition of fear with an acknowledgement of the healthy role fear can play. It provides clear explanations of a number of techniques for dealing with fear. It also includes a number of examples throughout to help the reader with understanding and personally applying the various techniques and methods that are described. – Kevin Slingerland

I Enjoyed Reading This Book – Stanley Popovich’s book provides the reader with a practical set of techniques useful in overcoming anxiety and worry found in everyday life circumstances as well as in extraordinary or traumatizing events. He uses everyday stories and narratives to help illustrate techniques that are useful in overcoming fear. Real-world exercises are encouraged that would help the reader put into practice some of the concepts described. The book has a clear and down-to-earth review of advice to encourage those struggling with anxiety and fear in daily life. As a mental health clinician, I would certainly see the utility in using this book. – Brian Van Brunt

A Great Start On How To Handle Fear And Anxiety – I would like to mention this was a very good book to read. It helps when readers need to hear methods in a non-technical way without psychological terms. Popovich introduces his book by explaining what fear is and gives three methods on how to deal with one’s fears. I like the fact that he brings in examples for each method which gives the reader an idea on how to implement the methods mentioned. This book is a great start for everyone dealing with fear in one way or the other. Thank you, Mr. Popovich! I know friends and family who can get a positive perspective from your book. – Jina

An Effective Read – Stan does a good job of covering some methods and ideas that can help an individual manage their fear. While this book is no substitute for a mental health professional, as the author clearly states, I believe that it can be effective in helping individuals manage mild to moderate fear. Mr. Popovich provides a great starting set of ideas for managing fear, many of which can be expanded further or modified easily to meet the needs of the individual. There are enough ideas here that nearly everyone should find something that works for them. I think that this book does a very good job of providing some easy ways to get a grasp on your fears and preventing them from becoming crippling. If you are dealing with mild to moderate fear, I would recommend giving this book a try. – Steve

Great Suggestions And Methods – The primary goal of Popovich’s book is to teach the reader to develop positive, realistic step-by-step solutions to combating stressful everyday situations. In order to balance negative thoughts, the author suggests preparing a plan of action and developing strategies that will help to control anxiety and fear. As someone who has struggled with my own fears and anxiety, I found this book to be very straight forward and informative. The author presents a direct approach to identifying the underlining cause of the fear and offers realistic methods to face those fears and conquer them permanently. I would recommend this book to anyone who is challenged to find ways to overcome anxiety and fear. – Kari Bridges

An Excellent Resource – I found Stanley’s book to be very useful. It gives some really good ideas about dealing with fear that I had not considered myself. He offers the reader many detailed steps on how to deal with different types of fear. This is a great book for individuals who are trying to work through issues on their own or would like to use with their counselor. I would consider this an excellent resource for anyone struggling with things in their lives that keep them from moving forward. Thanks, Mr. Popovich! – Josie

An Easy Introduction Into Managing Fear – This book can be read in one sitting. It is inspirational and clear. The author uses some examples to build upon the presentation of ideas for managing fear. The three categories of managing fear are very helpful in framing the approaches to treating fear. The best treatment is using all three. The book is not long yet it provides an immersion into the topic of fear along with specific techniques to manage it. This book provides an easy entry into dealing with fear. – Thomas