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A Helpful Book for Anyone Wanting to Manage Their Fear: A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear 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. Everyone struggles with some sort of fear in their lives, I know I do, and that’s why I recommend this book to anyone who is willing to change their lives. – Tamara Sinnamon
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 but isn’t sure why. – Amy
A Helpful Layman’s Guide to Dealing with Fear: Stanley Popovich’s book, A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear, 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
I Enjoyed Reading This Book: Grounded in psychological concepts, 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 author highlights the power of leaning on God during times of hardship. The book concludes with a clear and down-to-earth summary 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 simple and easy to read book to read. It helps when readers need to hear methods the simple 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 of each method which gives the reader an idea of how to implement the methods mentioned. This book is a great start for everyone dealing with fear in one way or the other. If cases are more severe then of course more help would be required, and the author gives contacts where one can go for more help. Thank you, Mr. Popovich! I know friends and family who can get a positive perspective from your book. – Jina
An Effective Read: A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear 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 that nearly everyone should be able to find something that works for them. I think that this book does a very good job of providing some quick, 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 and seeing if you can find a way to help yourself. – Steve
A Handy Supplement to Help with Fear: A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear by Stanley Popovich is a simply 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 several techniques for dealing with fear, including psychological and faith-based approaches. It also includes several examples throughout to help the reader with understanding and personally applying the various techniques and methods that are described. – Kevin Slingerland
Great Suggestions and Methods: The primary goal of A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear 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 e-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 them with their counselor. I especially liked that he included a spiritual aspect to this book that gives the reader an opportunity to draw closer to God as they work through their current fears. 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 Entry into The Problem of Fear: This book can be read in one sitting. It is inspirational and clear. The author uses some examples to build upon the basic presentation of ideas for managing fear. The three categories of counseling, non-resistant, and spiritual is 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. There is a resource section and tips on getting started. Anxiety and fear along with depression are the most common mental health problems humans face. This book provides an easy entry into dealing with fear. If anything, it acknowledges that you are not alone with this problem and there are some easy basic steps to deal with it. – Thomas
A Well-Written and Helpful Book: Stanley Popovich’s e-book is well-written and useful for anyone needing help with managing fear and anxiety. As a licensed mental health professional who sees fear and anxiety run rampant in the lives of many, this is a book I could confidently recommend for my clients. This book provides well-researched interventions on effectively dealing with fear and anxiety. I loved the author’s use of real-life examples for each listed intervention, allowing his readers a better understanding of how to personally apply the interventions. I do believe anyone can benefit from the basic principles of the book. – Jennifer Gragg
A Great Read: A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear is a great resource for anyone who is feeling paralyzed by fear. Stanley writes from a very personal place as he introduces several different ways of dealing with anxiety. His research is very practical, relevant, and effective for learning to manage fear. He writes about what has worked best for him over the years. Some of these methods include psychological as well as spiritual advice. Stanley has done a great job with this book. What I love most of all is his ample examples and illustrations that help the reader grasp the concept that he is trying to convey. Good Job, Stanley! – Anthony Arneson
An Easy and Practical Read: Stan breaks down fear in a way that allows tackling it to be manageable and keeps it simple. He provides practical techniques to overcome fear that are often used in counseling offices. Finally, using faith and spirituality to help overcome fear and allowing God to take it on and relinquishing the control from ourselves is powerful and serves as a reminder that it does not need to hold us prisoner. A great read for anyone! – Haley Gage
Well-Explained Techniques for Overcoming Fear: This book does an excellent job of explaining some basic techniques to manage fear. I think it contains a lot of good information. Everything was explained in a way most people could easily understand. I liked the fact that the author encouraged the reader who needed more help putting the techniques into practice to seek out therapy. I think the book offered exactly what it promised. The book goes over some good basic tips that will really work if you use them in your life. I would definitely recommend this book to others. – Anna Deeds
A Quick and Easy Guide to Gaining Control Over Fear: The author explores the possible and varied sources of fears, while focusing on easy to understand and identify with, assorted anonymous case examples. The author offers easy to follow clear routes and methods for overcoming and conquering very real anxieties and fears that often block positive actions. I think that most people would find this guide helpful and comforting, in that it gives a step-by-step approach to overcoming obstacles that can undermine and block a person’s confidence. As a trained and experienced counsellor, I would recommend this book for a relaxing and informative read. – P. Vanderveer
A Must-Read for Everyone: A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear is a great and easy read. This book finds a wonderful balance between offering concrete and practical tips for dealing with everyday fears and discussing reliance upon faith. I particularly like the summary at the end of the book, which touches upon the main principles for changing ways of looking at different situations and provides links to inspirational Bible verses. The author also provides links to other resources for people who may find that they need more guidance than this book alone can provide. – Lauren
Useful Tools for Dealing with Fear: I am a Licensed Professional Counselor. If you are looking for some ideas to help you combat your fear, it will not take long for you to find them in this book. You don’t have to weed through a ton of ancillary information to get to the point. The author clearly states this book is not intended to replace therapy and is, as the title states, a layman’s guide. Refreshing! The concepts and ideas are easy to understand and can be applied quickly to alleviate fear. – Karen
A Great Approach to Managing Fear: This is a quick and easy read and provides a three-prong approach to someone struggling with effectively managing fear. With each of the three methods, which are counseling techniques, asking help from God, and non-resistant methods, there are explanations and examples which can be very helpful for application. These methods can be empowering for individuals who have problems with fear and can help them to feel they have an action plan instead of feeling helpless. The book helps the reader recognize the futility of worrying and helps reiterate that ultimately God is in control. The book concludes with identifying scriptures and contact information for mental health and other community organizations that could be valuable resources for those who struggle with fear. – Phyllis H. Tipton
An Excellent and Simple Directive: As a mental health practitioner working primarily with clients who are experiencing anxiety and panic, I found Popovich’s guide an excellent and simple directive for people who are struggling with anxiety or fear. Popovich outlines three main strategies for confronting fear and anxiety which are outlined in straightforward language with situational examples. I would recommend this as a good self-help tool for those who are looking to help them combat their anxiety. – Chrissy
Facing Your Fears: This book is a practical, concise, and wonderful book to help anyone overcome and manage their fears. I loved the personal examples of individuals who incorporated these techniques in their lives to deal with their fears. I plan to use one of the techniques in my personal life and plan to recommend it to my clients. I would highly recommend this short, but powerful step-by-step guide in overcoming your anxieties and fears. – Wayne Guerke
A Good Overall Summary of Anxiety Management Strategies: A Good book of the different methods available to work on managing fear and anxiety. These methods are described succinctly and with examples. Great place to start if you are dealing with fears or good as a general reference book to serve as a reminder even if you have already been using some of these techniques in the past. These techniques/methods for helping an individual manage their fearful emotions take time, work, and practice and this book can give you the highlights of where to start. – Adrienne
A Great First Step to Managing Fear and Anxiety: I would recommend this book as a first step for managing fear. The examples used will assist with the development of how to get over many fears or anxiety you may feel. This book would also be helpful for counselors to use in group counseling. It is an easy read with a fantastic summary and a good reference point. – L. Chisholm
Practical And Useful: Popovich uses a very practical approach to managing anxiety and fear and uses real-life examples to illustrate the principles he proposes. Popovich reminds the reader that the ultimate responsibility is his to muster the motivation to make the change. I would recommend this book to anyone suffering with anxiety. It’s very hands-on and useful. – Connie Ingram
An Easy Read and Excellent Book: Stanley Popovich defines the different types of fear for the reader and helps the reader decide how he or she will handle the emotion. One thing is for sure. One will not be able to be stuck in the cycle of unhealthy, crippling fear after he or she has completed reading this book! I fully recommend this book for those who want to get out of the “harboring-an-unhealthy-balance-of-emotions” business and live a life of freedom from unhealthy fear. – Michele
An Easy Read and Good Information: As a therapist working with clients dealing with anxiety, I found this book to be an easy read that would be helpful to my clients just beginning to manage their fears, worries, and anxieties. It gives simple and succinct examples of how to manage fear with real life examples. I think it is important to keep in mind that this book is helpful in getting some basic skills that you can use at home but if you find that your life is being frozen due to anxiety this book would best be paired with therapy or other types of professional support. – Andrew
Practical And Easy-To-Read Guide on Fear: Stan’s book offers practical advice about the power of fear and offers suggestions for overcoming them or at least not allowing them to control one’s life. It is a practical guide that offers common sense advice that anyone can use. It provides support to those who are fearful of their fears or fearful of admitting them. – Tess Lynn
Small But Powerful: This small guide on overcoming fear makes several salient and powerful points. Popovich offers cognitive strategies- how to think one’s way out of fear – in straightforward terms. He brings clarity and simplicity to interventions that often take full books to describe. But my favorite intervention offered by Popovich is the spiritual approach – a technique that is generally overlooked despite its positive effects overwhelmingly validated in the psychological research literature. Reliance upon God has been shown again and again to strengthen psychological coping mechanisms and physical well-being, reducing stress, anxiety, depression, and illness. – Sarah Chana Radcliffe
Reading This Guide Is the First Step into The Rest of Your Life: The author, Stanley Popovich, presents three main principles in his book A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear: General Counseling Techniques encourages critical thinking and deductive reasoning, Non-Resistant Methods of dealing with fear is more of a defensive approach, and Belief in Faith can provide a powerful foundation for problem solving. Along with detailed stories, the reader is provided with websites dealing with fear and several Biblical scriptures that provide support. This book is highly recommended! – Cheryl Heinrichs
A Great Read: The author does a good job of explaining fear and ways to manage it so the average person can understand. The examples of managing fear in this book are also easily applicable to the daily lives of readers. – Heather E. DeKeyser
Great Resource for Managing Fear: Mr. Stanley Popovich has written an easy-to-understand guide in managing fear. He includes tips such as positive self-talk, prayer, and acceptance as tools to manage fear and anxiety. He states that combining all 3 techniques (psychological, acceptance, and spiritual) impacts the individual greater with an increased ability to reduce anxiety symptoms. This book is a great overview and starting point for non-professionals to use in understanding their own or a loved one’s fear and anxiety symptoms. – Samantha Brin
Easy To Read and Informative: A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear does a great job summarizing a variety of useful approaches to managing fear in our everyday lives. It offers a summary of approaches that are used in psychotherapy and provides great examples to illustrate the points he is making. The examples he uses are ones that we can all relate to and illustrate common struggles. This is a great book to start to get an understanding on how to work through fear. It is easy to read and informative; I would recommend it to helping professionals and layman. – Brittany Edge
A Down-To-Earth Book: As a clinical social worker, I facilitate support groups and fear of something comes up on a weekly basis. This is a good resource book that someone could keep in their purse or pocket so they could easily get to it as needed. It is written so that the average person can understand it. It stays away from all the clinical jargon. I will be recommending this book to some of my clients. The book gives helpful examples of how the guidelines can be applied to a given situation. The book isn’t too long for those people who either do not like to read or have a short attention span. – Jacqueline Milton
This Book Can Change Your Life: A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear, clearly explains three concepts to address and overcome fear including listing the steps. This book was presented in a manner that is easy to read and comprehend. I was able to read the book in about two hours, as it was interesting and inspirational. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is dealing with fear. This book has the potential to change your perception and the way you view life. – Prezillic Daniels
A Fresh and Well Written Resource: As a Cognitive-Behavioral Christian Counselor, I am always looking for fresh and simple well written resources to recommend to either my counseling clients or my hospital clients. Stan’s book is brief yet well written with many good examples of the skills that he outlines for managing fear. I was glad to see how he uses faith in God to overcome our fears. Learning to accept that God is faithful helps us to accept the many things in life that are outside of our control. From the perspective of emotional regulation, faith overcomes fear. Stan encourages his readers to overcome their fears by strengthening their faith. Smart. – Doug Fox
Great Book for My Clients: I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and have used Stan’s techniques with my clients. I have found this book to be a very helpful tool as part of their treatment. Stanley’s book proved to be very readable and practical in helping people choose the best solution for them in managing anxiety and fear. I would recommend this book for counselors, individuals, pastors, or anyone in the helping profession. – Bonnie Roberts
Stan’s Book Is a Helpful Tool: I am a licensed marriage and family therapist and have worked with many people with many different challenges. Having resources to give to the people I work with is important to me as I believe we all need as much good information as possible to help facilitate change. A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear is an excellent tool for anyone. This book provides relevant and accessible information that can empower people to manage their fear. This is a book worth having and using. – Clive Hallam
A Good Summary of Fear Management Techniques: A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear is a good summary of techniques and resources in managing one’s fears. This booklet is written in a clear concise style with plenty of good case studies used as examples of how the techniques are to be applied. There is a contact list of help organizations included in the book as well as a list of Bible verses dealing with comfort and faith. Anyone struggling with anxiety, obsessive worry, and neutralizing concerns will be helped by this work. Though this work is not designed to replace a counselor, applying its principles can help one get back on track with one’s life. – James L. Lowther
Very Well Written: I believe Mr. Popovich has captured a great definition of fear and defined several ways to conquer it! I like the different viewpoints and the detail. I love the scripture references at the end… very good to share with my students and children. This was a very short east read. I thoroughly enjoyed it. – Dhea Hudson
A Very Good Guide for the Layman: This book is a great read for anyone who has recognized fear as a hurdle to overcome or if you just want to understand the process of gaining confidence. I like this book because it does speak to the layman without using clinical words which most people fail to understand and is something that I believe cripples many practitioners of mental health, the grandiose desire to impress with words, rather than help with practical and solid advice. Stanley Popovich takes behaviors that we all engage in and breaks them down to get a clear understanding through the use of illustrations and provides workable steps as a framework to help people overcome their fears. – Terre Polite
Strongly Informational: I am a Licensed Therapist who works with clients dealing with anxiety. Sometimes people can get weighed down or confused by all the information out there. This is a short, but strongly informational read that doesn’t contain a lot of the “fluff” that most books have just to fill pages. It provides real world applications and examples regarding anxiety and fear. I appreciate Stanley Popovich’s straightforward approach. – Janet Gibson
A Must Read for Anyone Suffering from Anxiety: Stanley Popovich’s book, A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear: Using Psychology, Christianity, and Non-Resistant Methods, contains easy to read thoughts on mastering phobias, fears, and anxiety disorders. Having experienced all of the above, I can attest to the efficacy of the methods Popovich endorses in his book. Anxiety disorders perplex sufferers, burden families, and are a source of humiliation and embarrassment. Popovich does an excellent job of providing encouragement and hope. I highly recommend this book. – Barbara A. Altman
A Clear, Concise, And Very Helpful Book: This book is a really helpful guide to controlling fear created in your mind. Short and concise, this book is not a daunting read and contains some very useful and easy to implement methods of managing fear. The book has a lot of great examples of how people have fear in their lives and can manage it with the methods put forth. I also enjoyed the summary section where in the future a reader could look quickly at the methods and put them into practice. If you are struggling with anxiety, this book contains some very useful methods to controlling and managing it so you can live a productive and happy life! – Dan Hopp
A Helpful Resource: This is an easy, quick read for the average lay person or professional. I would recommend this guide to anyone in the helping profession or anyone that struggles with fear and anxiety. Many people tend to ignore, block out, or distract themselves from fearful thoughts and ideas, but the problem remains, and it unknowingly affects their life. The author uses various examples to help people understand how to process and face their fears. The result is a more balanced and realistic view of reality. A very helpful resource that I would recommend to my clients! – Andrea McCartney
An Excellent Guide to Address Challenges Associated with Fear: As a Licensed Professional, I highly recommend this book to people who are experiencing issues with Fear. This book is faith based and offers unique insight into battling fear in one’s life. Although, it is a Layman’s guide. It has very useful strategies to help one overcome the challenges and struggles of fear. – Darleena R. Cozzo
An Easy Read: The book entitled “A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear by Stanley Popovich is an easy read and targets the average person to assist them deal with anxiety and fear. The book validates approaches and strategies that I already use in my personal and professional life. I thought it was helpful to include the pages to help develop a personal strategy. A basic outline with bullet points indicating the problems, goals, strategies, and solutions have been added to assist with the implementation of this plan. Overall, this book is a helpful tool for individuals to cope with the fears and anxieties of life. – Sharon Gandolfo
A Quick Read with Helpful Reminders: I enjoyed reading this book because it provides many helpful reminders and techniques to use when struggling with fear and anxiety. The book is organized thoughtfully, and the concrete examples help the reader understand how the tools work. I am grateful for the spiritual component, presented in a gentle and reassuring way. This e-book will be a nice companion to refer to in the future, and I recommend it. – Patricia Allison
A Great Read for Everyone: Stanley Popovich’s book is an easy read that will benefit both professional and nonprofessional individuals. It is thoughtful, reflective, and captures the subject matter well. Everyone has experienced fear at one time or another in their lives. Stanley’s specificity in style of writing allows the reader to relate to the subject matter. – Lucille M. Force
Hope And Relief from General Anxiety: Mr. Popovich’s “Layman’s Guide” presents several cognitive-behavioral techniques for overcoming non-traumatic anxiety in language accessible to the regular person. He also shares a religious perspective that will comfort many readers. Along with a sort of atlas for people seeking to overcome their anxiety, Popovich provides hope which is probably the most powerful gift for folks in extreme discomfort. As a professional counselor with over 14 years of experience delivering chemical dependency treatments and crisis interventions, I would be comfortable recommending this short book to clients with mild anxiety and to those exploring how they can overcome internally created fear. – Robert Michael Cox
Excellent And More Than Helpful: Stan Popovich does a great job explaining a complicated issue in terms that anyone can understand. As a woman who coaches other women through difficult times in their life, especially anxiety, I found this book to be practical and full of wisdom. I see it as a resource in going forward and highly recommend it. – Simone Halpin
An Absolutely Brilliant Book: This book is an excellent read covering counselling, psychology, and an element of spirituality. This book is concise, punchy, and exciting. I fully recommend that anybody purchasing this book as it gives people an insight and awareness of the power of fear and conquering it. – James Ward
Learn How to Manage Fear with the Right Tools: Here is what I like about Stanley Popovich’s book about fear: It’s to the point, gives practical suggestions, and has a sweet undertone. He gives examples of how people struggle with fear and what they can do. The book above all is very well written. As an addiction counselor for over 20 years, I’m always on the lookout for ways to help clients shift anxiety and addictive coping. For those looking for a Christian perspective his book is really helpful because he provides scriptural passages that address spiritual support. – Lynn Telford-Sahl
A Helpful Companion on Your Journey Out of Fear: I am a counselor, and I specialize in dealing with Post-traumatic stress disorder and fear-based anxiety. This book is a good place to start for those who are not convinced that they should go to a counselor yet. Mr. Popovich does a good job highlighting solid techniques to help those stuck in fear. The specific examples he gives are helpful. The reader may also become clearer on whether or not the counseling process is for them. Likewise, the handbook nature of this work could be a help to those already in the counseling process that need some quick reminders on the go. – Nathan Hawkins
An Easy Read, And Good Information: As a therapist working with clients dealing with anxiety, I found this book to be an easy read that would be helpful to my clients just beginning to manage their fears, worries, and anxieties. It gives simple and succinct examples of how to manage fear with real life examples. I do not have many books to recommend to my clients that want Christian based resources so I will definitely recommend this book to my clients in the future. I think it is important to keep in mind that this book is helpful in getting some basic skills that you can use at home but if you find that your life is being frozen due to anxiety this book would best be paired with therapy or other types of professional support. – Elizabeth Earnshaw
Gain A Better Understanding of Your Fear Issues: The author does a good job of describing the different ways people deal with their issues of fear by using professional methods and religious means to deal with fear. The author talks about finding the source of the fear and then dealing with the ‘what ifs’. The reader is able to look at different scenarios and see how each one is broken down into parts which are manageable instead of dealing with the whole frightening situation. The author suggests such techniques as deep breathing to deal with anxiety. I think the average person will be able to navigate through this book and gain a better understanding of how to deal with their issues of fear. – Ranee Madison
Simple And Easy to Use: As a mental health therapist, I’m always looking for help for my clients that is written in terms that they can understand. This book does just that. The description of each technique is useful, and Mr. Popovich provides real-life examples of using each technique. Simple, specific anxiety can certainly be helped by using the techniques in this book, however, as Mr. Popovich rightly points out, it is not a substitute for professional help. It is, however, a good place to start. It is written for people who are willing to ask for God’s help, but for those who are not spiritual or religious, the other chapters stand alone. If this book isn’t enough to help you manage your fears, take it with you to your therapist or clergy & discuss it with them as basis for moving forward. – Hilary MacKenzie
A Quick Read with Some Practical Advice: The author has assembled some good practical advice for the reader who wants to learn some simple and practical approaches to addressing issues of fear in his or her life. The book includes suggestions from a Christian perspective, from a psychiatric/clinical approach, and describes other ideas for resolving issues of fear in one’s life. The book is simple to understand and is an enjoyable to read. It’s a ready-to-use guidebook for those who want to make a make a change in their life. – Michael W. Bennett
Many Helpful Techniques: Stanley Popovich helps to remind us that fear is a normal part of daily living and gives tools to help you address it. I like that he combines various methods and even tells us how we can combine the methods for a comprehensive list of suggestions. As a mental health therapist, my clients are often trying to get rid of their emotions. In this book, Stanley helps you to validate your fear as well as help you manage it. One without the other would likely not help curb any emotion that is normal and healthy, including fear. – Anne Cuthbert
Great Ideas: This book has great ideas and suggestions. It’s a quick read, and you can go back and re-read suggestions that help you. There is also some space to write notes. All of the suggestions are evidence based, and the author spent a long time compiling his information from multiple sources. The way the book is laid out, it’s easy to follow. – Tammy A. Ferman
Practical And Effective Strategies for Dealing with Fear: I found this book to have some practical and effective strategies for dealing with fear. I especially like that towards the end of the book, Stanley provides an integrated approach (using all three strategies that he describes) in addressing fear. – Kathy Hardie-Williams
The Subject of Fear Is Well Covered: This book is well written in layman language and structured in a way that makes it easy to understand. He addresses Counselling, spiritual inspiration, and self-help individually and in sequence in the first three chapters. He then unites them in chapter four before giving his summary in chapter five. I like the flow and especially the examples used to re-enforce his subject. A great read and it is not time consuming and easy to understand. – Harold Luff
This Book Is a Basic Tool: As a trauma therapist of over 34 years, too many tools only address segments of the person, and the results are less than maximal. Since it is written for the lay person it is especially useful for people attempting to sort out if they need therapy or not. The book takes the reader through several basic tasks that are very doable. Finally, the spiritual aspects of the person are not ignored. Since we are all made up of mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual parts, they all need to be addressed if we are to be successful in life – Rick Ritter
Great Basic Reminders: “A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear” is a fast and easy read that provides common scenarios that most readers will relate with. Stan Popovich offers a very practical guide for dealing with fear. He gives readers what they need to grab a hold of themselves and overcome their debilitating fears. His layman’s approach avoids all the technical jargon. “A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear” will make a good pocket-guide to add to any library. – Dave Jenkins
Beneficial Techniques and Truths: As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, I have counseled many people who have struggled in a way that Stanley Popovich discusses in his book. I am thrilled to see a book that not only contains practical techniques to deal with anxiety but also point to truths about God and His promises to help us. Stanley Popovich never leaves one thinking they must cope with anxiety alone. He makes it clear that additional help is beneficial. – Debbie Shisler
Good Solutions for Your Anxiety: Stanley’s book offers a bouquet of solutions and suggestions on handling fear and anxiety. He has just the right mix of facts and faith. This unique approach will appeal to anyone struggling with anxiety. – Dave Shields
Clear Approaches Presented in Dealing with Fear: I found this book well organized and easy to read, which is an important feature in this busy world in which we live. The presentation of managing fear using psychological techniques and faith was refreshing. In addition, the resources, scriptures, and note pages were thoughtful additions for readers. Nicely done. – April Robinson
A Good Resource: As a trained mental health professional, I believe Mr. Popovich has managed to write an accessible piece of work that is rooted in effective foundational methods that have shown to be effective in dealing with fear. The book is concise, clear, and the content is easy to integrate. I would recommend this book to any non-mental health professional who wants to change their experience with fear. – Brandon Jacobs
Great E-Book for Information Regarding Anxiety: This e-book is easy to read and understand. It has a great deal of practical information. As a professional counselor in private practice, I work with many clients struggling with anxiety and other mood disorders and would recommend this book as a place to start to address these issues. – Dawn Michael
A How-To Book About Overcoming Fear: This book by Stanley Popovich gives three different, but coinciding methods of overcoming fear, not just that which paralyzes us, but even the smaller fears that nag at the back of the mind. At the end there are several blank pages for notes and to try these ways to overcome fear. To use this book effectively, one should have a notebook (or the pages from the end of the book) and practice each method for overcoming their fears as it comes up in the book. I would recommend it and the references in it to work on any fears you may have, not just big ones, but even the little ones that can sometimes paralyze you. The Bible references are well thought out as is the rest of the book’s methods to overcome fear. – Patricia Merriam
For Any Interest Level: A Laymen’s Guide to Managing Fear is written in such a way that any person, with or without official training, can benefit from. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a doctoral candidate, I would recommend this book as a starting point to understanding and managing fear with a focus on faith and self-empowerment. The author has accurately depicted various techniques aimed at overcoming fear and presents them in a usable format. Not overly clinically written, this book is an easy read with relevant information. I mention that it is a starting point based on its simplicity in detail. Even the author emphasizes a need for readers to acknowledge when to seek professional help. Overall, a quick and easy read for anyone interested in managing fear. – Adam Smithey