Understanding Social Anxiety: A Recovery Guide for Sufferers, Family, and Friends

Description

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.• Presents a practical, realistic, and research-based examination of the development and continuation of social anxiety in individuals• Provides readers with an understanding of the tangible health risks of social isolation• Draws on clinical histories and examples from the community at large to illustrate various scenarios, document progression of the impairment, and identify effective steps toward resolution• Written by an author with 30 years of experience with clients suffering from anxiety disorders, many of those coping with social anxiety