A book that has quietly reshaped how Croatian readers think about social anxiety and personal growth is preparing for its English-language release. Stop Fixing Yourself by hypnotherapist Timoteo Crnković will launch on Amazon in September 2026, following a sold-out presale in its original market and ongoing distribution through major bookstore chains.
The book’s argument runs against the grain of the global self-help industry. Crnković maintains that years of reading, journaling, and inner work most often leave people more familiar with their problems rather than free of them. The industry has taught people to observe what is wrong with them. The job of stepping out of it has been left to someone else.
Among the conditions the book examines closely is social anxiety, which Crnković treats regularly in his Zagreb practice. He writes about why the conventional advice given to socially anxious people, such as exposure exercises, affirmations, and reframing techniques, often reinforces the very state it tries to remove. Many of the same patterns are also seen in people struggling with panic attacks.
“People come to me after years of working on themselves. They’ve read everything, they recognize every pattern in themselves, and they are still in the exact same place. The industry taught them how to observe the problem. Stepping out of it is a different job”, says Crnković.
The English-language edition has been developed with editor Zacharie Wright, who called it the best self-help book without tools that he had read. The original Croatian edition has fifteen chapters and is currently distributed through Superknjižara, Znanje, and Planetopija.
Crnković is one of the few European hypnotherapists trained directly within the lineage of Milton H. Erickson through Dr. Rob McNeilly and Dr. Jeffrey Zeig. He has practiced advanced Ericksonian hypnotherapy in Zagreb for more than a decade.
About the Author
Timoteo Crnković is a Zagreb-based Ericksonian hypnotherapist and founder of the Rapid Mental Reset™ program. Stop Fixing Yourself is his first book translated into English.
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