Edmund Bourne
Edmund J. Bourne is an American self-help author, past psychologist and researcher on anxiety, anxiety disorders and the treatment of anxiety disorders. He was the director of The Anxiety and Treatment Center in San Jose and Santa Rosa, California. In 1990, Edmund Bourne published "The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook", a self-help book that won the Benjamin Franklin Book Award for Excellence in Psychology. This book is now in its 7th Edition. He lives in Florida. Personal life. Bourne lives in Boca Raton, Florida with his wife, Tatyanna Peterson. He was born in Akron, Ohio, completing a  B.A. in Philosophy at Colgate University and a Ph.D. in Behavioral Sciences at The University of Chicago. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the former Michael Reese Medical Center in Chicago. He is author of several published journal articles and chapter titles, as well as the author of seven books, including the bestselling "Anxiety & Phobia Workbook". The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook presents a very eclectic, multifaceted approach toward overcoming anxiety disorders. It has sold well over a million copies and been translated into more than a dozen languages. }