Experiencing claustrophobia can be terrifying and immobilising. Each person copes with their anxiety differently - some by trying to ignore it, and others by avoiding confined spaces such as tube-trains, lifts, tunnels, car-washes, MRI scanners, crowds, or even wearing a crash-helmet.

Drawing on her own former experience of claustrophobia, Andrea Perry researched and wrote the first book ever to be published on this debilitating experience -

Claustrophobia: finding your way out hope and help for people who fear and avoid confined spaces by Andrea Perry ISBN 1-903269-09-1 272 pages, paperback RRP: £10.99 Available from all good bookshops or direct from Worth Publishing by clicking on buy

"With this book, Andrea Perry has made a superb contribution to our understanding of this complex and ill-undersood condition, which we now know affects many millions of people".
Ben Timmis FRCR, Medical Director, London Upright MRI Centre

"Written with the authenticity borne of personal suffering and the objectivity of clinical experience, the book cleverly melds the two into a compassionate, satisfying self-help study for anyone with an interest in claustrophobia. (It) excels particularly in avoiding the 'trap' of assuming a one-size-fits-all approach to recovery from mental distress. An excellent starting place for understanding claustrophobia in the context of our modern society".
Nicky Lidbetter, Chief Executive, Anxiety UK

INDIVIDUAL and GROUP SUPPORT for overcoming claustrophobia

Through presentations, workshops and individual consultancy, Andrea offers practical solutions for overcoming claustrophobia through self-help strategies and appropriate therapies.

DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS - claustrophobia awareness

Andrea's research clearly indicates that people who experience claustrophobia are the 21st century equivalent of the 'canaries in the coalmines', drawing attention to the inherently traumatising potential of electronically controlled space. Consultation is thus available to all those involved with creating confined space designed to hold humans (for example, buildings, medical equipment and facilities, transport of all kinds).