Reneau z peurifoy biography

Reneau Z. Peurifoy (October 14, 1949) is a self-help book author and marriage counselor.
After more than two decades as a therapist and teacher, Reneau Peurifoy has become a master at reducing complex ideas into simple, easy-to-understand terms.
Reneau Z. Peurifoy is a self-help book author and marriage counselor.

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His first book, Anxiety, Phobias & Panic: Taking Charge and Conquering Fear currently has over 180,000 copies in print. Originally published in 1988. A revised second edition was released by Warner Books in 1995. It was again updated and released in its third edition in 2005. It has a UK edition as well as editions in German, Spanish, and Hungarian. His second book, Overcoming Anxiety: From Short-Term Fixes to Long-Term Recovery, was released in 1997 by Henry Holt. It also has a Spanish edition and will soon be released in a German edition. His third book, Anger: Taming the Beast, was released in June 1999 by Kodansha America. It also has a Dutch edition and will soon be released in a German edition by Hans Huber.

Mr. Peurifoy's fourth book, Why Did God Give Us Emotions? was released in September 2009.

Personal

Mr. Peurifoy was in private practice for twenty years (1980 – 2000) as a marriage and family therapist specializing in anxiety disorders. He retired from private practice in 2000 and is currently teaching at Heald College in Sacramento, Cali

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Anxiety, Phobias And Panic: A step-by-step programme for regaining control of your life

An authoritative guide to understanding and overcoming all types of anxiety-related disorders.

Are you struggling with anxiety, phobias, or panic attacks? Anxiety is an unpleasant, though mostly unavoidable, aspect of modern life - but for many people, normal anxiety can become something far more serious and debilitating. In ANXIETY, PHOBIAS AND PANIC, Dr Reneau Peurifoy explains six different reasons why your condition may have developed and offers you step-by-step programmes to help you overcome your anxiety-related problems.

Chapters include: uncovering the causes of anxiety; building stress tolerance; identifying and correcting harmful modes of thinking; relaxation techniques; tools for managing anxiety, and much more. There are also sections on new discoveries about the brain, new information about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and social phobias, and a chapter on relapse prevention.

Why You Feel the Way You Do: Understand and Heal the Source of Stressful Emotions

September 26, 2023

Emotions exist in every human being. However, it’s often a mystery as to how they come about or the best way to manage negative emotions. "Why You Feel the Way You Do: Understand and Heal the Source of Stressful Emotions," authored by Reneau Z. Peurifoy, answers these questions.

He starts with how emotions are generated in the brain along with a description of the seven core emotional systems that make us human. He then describes how childhood experiences contribute to the emotions that we feel and how emotional triggers form. Vivid examples of the types of response patterns that people develop are used throughout the book along with suggested activities at the end of each chapter that allow readers to apply the ideas in each chapter to their lives.

It was fascinating to read about the author’s background. Indeed, the book is the result of years of experience studying the behavior of animals and counseling at the master's degree level. This accumulated wealth of experience birth