Description
(A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)
by Jan E. Fleming (Author), Nancy L. Kocovski (Author), Zindel V. Segal (Foreword)
Shyness is a common problem
that comes with a high price. If you suffer from shyness or social
anxiety you might avoid social situations and may have trouble
connecting with others due to an extreme fear of humiliation, rejection,
and judgment. As a shy person, you may also experience panic attacks
that make it even more likely that you’ll avoid social situations.
With The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Social Anxiety and Shyness ,
the authors’ acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) program for
overcoming shyness has become available to the public for the first
time. This program has been found to be highly effective in research
studies for the treatment of social anxiety disorder and related
subclinical levels of shyness.
In the first section, you will
confront performance fears, test anxiety, shy bladder, and interpersonal
fears—fundamental symptoms of social anxiety. The second part helps you
learn psychological flexibility to improve your ability to accept the
feelings, thoughts, and behavior that may arise as you learn to work
past your anxiety.
By keeping your values front and center, you
will gradually learn to move beyond your fears and toward greater social
confidence.
This book has been awarded The Association for
Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Seal of Merit — an award
bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with
cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate
scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health
difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer
powerful tools readers can use to jump-start changes in their lives.
