Defeat Shyness

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This guide describes in detail the causes of shyness and tips and tricks to help overcome this problem.

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How To Overcome Shyness to Make Friends: Overcome the Number One Obstacle in Making New Friends

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This digital document is a journal article from Behaviour Research and Therapy, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Facial crowds of emotion connoting approval or criticism are linked to the fears of socially anxious individuals. We examined evaluation ratings and decision latencies of mixed facial displays by individuals with generalized social phobia (GSPs, n=18), individuals with comorbid depression and GSP (COMs, n=18), and normal controls (CONs, n=18). First, we postulated that GSPs will assign more negative ratings to predominantly disapproving audiences as compared to CONs, and that GSPs will be faster in their evaluation of these audiences (negative bias hypothesis). Second, we expected depression, but not social anxiety, to be associated with diminished positive evaluation of audiences containing predominantly happy expressions and with a slower processing of such positive cues (the impaired positivity hypothesis). Results supported the negative bias hypothesis, and provided partial support for the impaired positivity hypothesis. The importance of examining the processing of complex non-verbal cues in social anxiety and in depression is discussed.

The effects of social anxiety and depression on the evaluation of facial crowds

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In authentic role-play scenarios, viewers are provided with vivid examples that illustrate how to use empirically supported treatments for social anxiety. In each scenario, a master therapist works with a client diagnosed with social anxiety. The vignettes demonstrate four evidence-based treatments for social anxiety: calming/coping strategies, cognitive restructuring, situation exposure, and social skill training. Each vignette is followed by a critique of the demonstration and helpful suggestions for clinical practice. The DVD opens with a discussion of social anxiety and diagnosing social anxiety. This is followed by an overview of empirically supported treatments for social anxiety with a strong emphasis on how to incorporate their primary objectives and interventions into the entire treatment plan. The six essential elements of a treatment plan are discussed in a tutorial section on how to create an effective and clear treatment plan that brings benefit to the client, the clinician, the agency, and the profession. Other common interventions related to social anxiety are also discussed including childhood abuse and criticism experiences, stage-of-change enhancement, reducing defensiveness, and anti-anxiety medication. In addition, common considerations in relapse prevention as are examined.

 After you watch this DVD you should:

•           Know the process and criteria for diagnosing social anxiety.
•          Understand how empirically supported treatments for social anxiety have been identified, what treatment approaches have been designated as empirically supported, as well as objectives and interventions common to each identified treatment.
•         Know common considerations in the prevention of relapse of social anxiety, as well as empirically supported relapse prevention programs for social anxiety.
•          Know how to construct a treatment plan and empirically inform it with results from psychotherapy research.
•          Appreciate the importance of therapeutic relationship factors in the delivery of an empirically informed treatment plan

 Understanding and applying the information in this DVD will:

•  Educate clinicians and administrators about well established empirically supported treatments for social anxiety
•  Educate clinicians and students about how to construct a treatment plan and empirically inform it with results from psychotherapy research
• Maximize the likelihood of client improvement
• Satisfy funding sources — government, HMO, private insurance
•  Enhance the confidence of the care provider
• Offer a clear direction for therapy without losing sight of therapeutic relationship factors

 A corresponding workbook and facilitator’s guide –  containing full transcripts of the vignettes, summaries of the key points covered in the DVD, and review questions -can be used in conjunction with the DVD as part of a self-paced learning tool or a team collaborative tool.   

Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Treatment Planning for Social Anxiety DVD, Workbook, and Facilitator’s Guide Set

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867 pages

Social Anxiety Disorder

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Many children are naturally shy but extreme shyness and social anxiety can become a major childhood problem, leading to avoidance of school, difficulty in making friends and even developing into social anxiety in adulthood. In “Overcoming Your Child’s Shyness and Social Anxiety”, child psychologists Lucy Willetts and Cathy Creswell explain how parents can help a shy child learn to challenge their thoughts and behaviour patterns and learn to participate confidently in every aspect of their lives. Based on clinically proven cognitive behavioural principles, the book explains what causes shyness, how to identify social anxiety in your child (sometimes masked by anger or stubbornness) and how to gradually help your child face their anxieties and develop problem-solving strategies. This book is a must for parents, teachers and anyone working with children.

Overcoming Your Child’s Shyness and Social Anxiety