Recommended Reading

David, A., D. Baker, E. Lawrence, M. Sierra, N. Medford, and E. Hunter. 2007. Overcoming Depersonalization and Feelings of Unreality: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques. London: Constable and Robinson.

Epstein, M. 1999. Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart: A Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness. New York: Broadway Books.

Haddock, D. B. 2001. The Dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Hayes, S. C., and S. Smith 2005. Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications.

Kabat-Zinn, J. 1990. Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness. New York: Delacorte Press.

McKay, M., J. C. Wood, and J. Brantley. 2007. The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications.

Simeon, D., and J. Abugel. 2006. Feeling Unreal: Depersonalization Disorder and the Loss of the Self. New York: Oxford University Press.

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Fugen Neziroglu, Ph.D., ABBP, ABPP, is a board-certified cognitive and behavior psychologist involved in the research and treatment of anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, trichotillomania, hoarding, body dysmorphic disorder, and hypochondriasis at the Bio Behavioral Institute in Great Neck, NY. She is coauthor of Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding and many other books. Her books have been translated to various languages.

Katharine Donnelly, MA, is a behavior therapist at the Bio Behavioral Institute in Great Neck, NY. Her areas of interest include behavioral and acceptance-oriented therapies and obsessive-compulsive spectrum behaviors.

Foreword writer Daphne Simeon, MD, is associate professor of psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. She is director of the depersonalization and dissociation program at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.