Edmund Bourne

Edmund J. Bourne, PH.D. is an American self-help author, 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 6th Edition.
He lives and practices in Florida and California.
Bourne also has a long-standing interest in collective societal world views as well as philosophy. In his 2008 Book, Global Shift, he explores evolving world views and paradigms in current Western Society, looking forward over the next twenty years.
In 2013-2016, Bourne completed a series of essays on topics of perennial interest, such as the afterlife, the problem of human suffering and evil, the nature of consciousness, comparative views of deity, and future global trends. These essays will be presented in a forthcoming book.
Bourne now offers treatment for anxiety disorders via telephone-based consulting sessions. His rates are very affordable for a 60 min phone consult.