There is a general mythology that social anxiety or phobia begins in adolescence, and that it is an unfortunate experience of being a shy or awkward teenager.  Some writers even point back to childhood and express that “shy” children mature into adults with social anxiety.  However the reality is sometimes if not significantly more complex than those oversimplified answers. Read the rest of this entry »

A very talented Engineer from Arizona sought help with a challenging problem that was interfering with her professional life almost daily in the last few months.  She had worked for the same firm for seven years and been quite successful in small work projects and because of the talent and skills that she possessed she had been promoted to manage not only an office of this large company but also a division of the company at large. Read the rest of this entry »

According to Dr. Jeffery Young, Some of the problems that can emerge as a result of being raised in the unpredictable family environment include the following emotional and social impact: Read the rest of this entry »

One of the challenges to working with children in a clinical setting is that they are rarely strong enough to overcome the environmental press created by the family dynamics they are being raised within. In society today their is a movement away from accountability in general, and many times when a child therapist wants to address the environment that children are being raised within, the parents scream “FOUL BALL” and claim that they are being blamed for the bad behavior of their children. Read the rest of this entry »

A lot of people that are really introverted have intensely close good friends; they’re just few in numbers. What I would suggest, if you may find yourself possibly facing the holidays alone, is that that you reach out and make a phone call. Talk to these close contacts and see what they are doing. Maybe you’d find that you’d be welcome to share in these holiday events with them.

It’s the unusual person that isn’t connected to someone or several people. The problem is that people that are feeling isolated and alone, and this is part of the depression, they tell themselves that they don’t have anybody in their life. Read the rest of this entry »