Review: A Good Primer
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 30, 2014
Reese's book is an excellent primer for someone who needsbasic direction for coping with phobias. The author defines aphobia as a deep-seated and irrational fear.He goes on to say that 7-16 year olds have fears over schoolperformance (or lack thereof), illness, injury, natural disastersand death. At some point in the book, the author explains thenecessity of learning how to cope with fear constructively.The book discusses yoga, water intake, vitamins and magnesiumsupplementation as essential to coping with the condition naturally.Overall, the book would be useful as a primer for beginners tolearn what's out there on the subject of phobias. Some additionalreference material could be helpful for some readers wishing tolink the presentation to actual empirical studies by authoritativesources.Boundary setting was not emphasized in this book. Nonetheless,it is useful in setting forth a barrier between the individual andthe aggravating factor which disrupts the normal psychologicalfunctioning of the individual. A strength of the presentation is thatthe author mentions both the conventional and alternativemedicinal approaches for coping with phobias over time.Another aggravating factor is the existence of violence andsum zero confrontations in media. In some cases, a gooddose of high quality television and radio programming may helpan individual to cope better with life itself. Bad programmingmay exacerbate phobias and make coping much more difficult.Overall, the book is worth a read- especially at this price.