Nix Your Tics!

Eliminate Unwanted Tic Symptoms: A How-To Guide For Young People

Life's A Twitch! ® Publishing

Dr. B. Duncan McKinlay, Psychologist (‘Dr. Dunc’) has Tourette Syndrome.  That means he’s been living with both motor tics (movements he has a hard time stopping) and phonic tics (noises he has a hard time stopping) for most of his life.  He knows firsthand how annoying, embarrassing, misunderstood, painful, and disruptive tics can be.  For years, he’s been educating people all around the world by means of his presentations & Website, and through appearances on television, in magazines, and on film.  Now, in “Nix Your Tics!”, he wants to share with you a little-known but well-established, evidence-based practice* he uses to manage tic symptoms in both himself and in his patients.

*as per criteria set out by the American Psychological Association’s Division 12 Task Force on Promotion and Dissemination of Psychological Procedures.

A recommended book at the 2008 conference for the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)!

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Features:

• 144 pages; illustrated
  
  
• written in a conversational, humorous, and to-the-point style
  
  
• convenient 4.5" x 7" size fits into a pocket; perfect for on-the-go reference
  
  
• materials which are designed to both educate and to provide inspiration precede, and are interspersed within, treatment suggestions
  
  
• other excellent resources for those with tics are also listed
  
  
• handy 'back-of-the-book' materials -- quick treatment summary, cut-out worksheets, and a 'Competing Response Catalogue'
  
  
• also applicable to those coping with other habits, trichotillomania, and stuttering

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1. Order Your Copy Now:

• online order form
  
  
• mail-in order form (printable)
  
  
• email the distributor (Freelance Communications) at freelancecommunications@shaw.ca
  
  
• call the distributor at (403) 240-1340
  
  
• international shipping available
  
  
• discount for bulk orders available. Please direct inquiries to distributor
  
  
  

2. See Complete Table of Contents

3. Read an Excerpt from the Book


4. What People Have to Say:

• the formal reviews

• feedback from readers

• post your own review
  
  
  

5. Download the Information Sheet


6. Bookstores carrying "Nix Your Tics!"

• coming soon
  
  
  

7. Join the Nix Your Tics! Treatment for Tourettes Groups:

• on Facebook

• on MySpace

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All activities related to "Life's A Twitch!" and/or "Life's A Twitch! Publishing" are conducted by B. Duncan McKinlay, Ph.D., C.Psych. in a private capacity and do not represent the Ministry of Children and Youth Services, or the Government of Ontario. All activities related to "CPRI" and/or "The Brake Shop", including Dr. McKinlay's conference appearances and presentation schedule, are conducted by B. Duncan McKinlay, Ph.D., C.Psych. in a public capacity as an Ontario Ministry employee.

In writing 'Nix Your Tics!', Dr. McKinlay is acting strictly in a private capacity and not as an Ontario public servant. Hence, promotion and sale of this book will not occur during Dr. McKinlay's conference appearances and presentations.