Vera Sonja Maass

Understanding Social Anxiety (eBook, ePUB)

A Recovery Guide for Sufferers, Family, and Friends

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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. It is estimated that some 15 million Americans suffer from social anxiety disorder. For these individuals, parties, sporting events, and even workplaces or public shopping environments evoke anxiety and fear. People who suffer from social anxiety disorder-the most common of all anxiety disorders-fear being scrutinized and judged by others in social or performance situations. They know their fear is unreasonable, but are powerless against the anxiety. This book provides comprehensive coverage of social anxiety disorder by covering its history, explaining the symptoms and root causes, and presenting information on how to make the key changes in thought that can help sufferers find relief and be more comfortable in the modern world. The author uses case histories and dialogue in therapeutic settings to provide a realistic depiction of social anxiety that makes the topic more relevant and understandable to clinicians, students, and friends and family members of sufferers who want to help the socially anxious individual. The emphasis on people's resistance to changing or even examining the basis of their underlying beliefs illustrates the importance of this topic to the overall foundation of social anxiety and the urgency of addressing belief systems in the process of resolution and recovery.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216159636
• Artikelnr.: 68167848

Autorenporträt

Vera Sonja Maass, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist, marriage and family therapist, and mental health counselor in private practice. Her teaching experience includes terms at the University of Indianapolis and Ivy Tech Community College.

Inhaltsangabe

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