Dealing with Highly Anxious People

Provides easily implemented interventions and coping strategies for dealing with the worrier, complainer, nagger, or micromanager in your life.

• Details both the behaviors of highly anxious people and the effects on bystanders
• Offers vignettes that illustrate how we may contribute to, or quell, anxious behaviors
• Focuses on the bystander and what he or she can do to protect their own mental health and not get drawn into the anxiety, as well as model behavior that may help highly anxious people to feel less anxious
• Offers easy and helpful strategies and coping skills for both immediate and long-term interactions with highly anxious people