Overview
In releasing her latest two titles 'I Love Me' and 'Get Over IT' in 2010 and having commenced her forthcoming autobiography 'All of IT' (due for release in 2012) Bev Aisbett has added to her already impressive portfolio of six other self help titles and achievements in fostering recovery from anxiety-related conditions. In 2011, Bev will again offer her empowering presentations to anxiety sufferers, in partnership with the Anxiety Disorders Association of Victoria (ADAVIC).
Having experienced severe anxiety and depression first-hand, Bev has used her personal experience of anxiety and subsequent recovery as a means of reaching thousands of people suffering from anxiety and depression.
Bev's work is highly valued in the mental health community, with many general practitioners, psychologists and psychiatrists regularly recommending her books to patients in their care. The Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service has regularly referred clients to Bev's workshops to assist them with anxiety or depression.
Bev’s aim has always been to foster self empowerment, therefore reducing over-reliance on outside assistance. By promoting self-awareness and providing a wide range of strategies that assist sufferers to identify and self-correct stressful responses in various situations, this approach has led graduates of Bev’s program to consistently report at least a 70% reduction in their anxiety levels, as well as a far more relaxed attitude to life in general. Many have found the experience to be truly life-changing.
Bev Aisbett is a counsellor, acclaimed author and cartoonist. Having suffered from severe anxiety in the past, Bev’s subsequent recovery led to her to dedicate the past decade to helping others overcome anxiety, depression and OCD. Bev herself was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and possible manic depression at the peak of her career, as she had just established herself as a freelance cartoonist and illustrator. Alongside panic attacks, the daily sense of terror and dread and a persistently racing heart, Bev dealt with insomnia, trembling, and severe bouts of depression. Bev found help in personifying her fears and anxiety into a character- “IT”. Through giving her anxiety form, and through characterizing her affirmations, Bev created a therapeutic technique, which she saw had the potential to help others.
Thursday 14th April 2011
7.30pm-9.00pm
Geelong West Town Hall (Supper Room)
153 Pakington Street, Geelong West VIC, Melways Ref 451 / J2
Cost:
$10.00 ADAVIC members
$20.00 Non-Members
Bookings:
Phone: ADAVIC (03) 9853 8089
Email: adavic@adavic.org.au
Website: www.adavic.org.au
Proceeds from this event help to maintain ADAVIC services
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL! Monies non refundable
Note: a $2 surcharge fee will apply to invoices
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