Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Overview
Chapter 2 Cultural Institutions: A Breeding Ground for Social Anxiety
Chapter 3 Coping Mechanisms—Avoid, Avoid, Avoid
Chapter 4 Technology Obscuring the Problem
Chapter 5 Self-Help Remedies—Medication, Alcohol, Street Drugs, Food, and More
Chapter 6 Approaching the Possibility of Change: Medical versus Mental Health
Chapter 7 We Act as If Our Beliefs Are True
Chapter 8 Process of Change: Recognizing the Illogical Logic of Social Anxiety
Chapter 9 Reconstructing One's Life
Notes
Resources
Bibliography
Index

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This powerful book explains the debilitating effects of social anxiety and the development of the disorder, emphasizing the need for a resolution of this disorder and identifying common but unhelpful coping mechanisms as well as true methods to change and live life unafraid of social situations.

About the Author

Vera Sonja Maass, PhD, owner of Living Skills Initiatives, is a licensed clinical psychologist, marriage and family therapist, and mental health counselor in private practice in Indianapolis, IN.