Self-Help for Hyperventilation Syndrome: Recognizing and Correcting Your Breathing-Pattern...

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	Self-Help for Hyperventilation Syndrome: Recognizing and Correcting Your Breathing-Pattern Disorder Dinah Bradley, Gemma Gracewood, ... Hunter House, 2001 - 110 pages average customer review:based on 1 review view larger image
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Hyperventilation ? taking in more air than needed ? is habitual for some people. Dinah Bradley outlines remedies that incorporate breathing exercises, posture adjustments, and stress reduction. This new edition includes a workbook for readers to chart their progress.

Too simplistic

I found this book to be too simplistic. The information is accurate but weak on ways to correct the problem. As a psychologist who treats anxiety and hyperventilation, I guess I was expecting too much. I always hope for some new technique or way of explaining things that will be useful with clients, or even a book I would recommend to clients. About the only thing I found potentially useful were the workbook forms at the end of the book.

This book might be helpful to someone with almost no knowledge of hyperventilation. But then the person would probably be much better of in treatment with a knowledgeable biofeedback therapist or anxiety specialist. Also, the author's emphasis on physical therapists as breathing experts is peculiar to New Zealand. PTs in the US would not be my first choice to treat hyperventilation or anxiety. I'd look for a mental health or biofeedback professional with experience in treating anxiety and hyperventilation.

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