Dewey Decimal155.2/32
Table Of ContentContents ONE Anxiety: Friend or Foe?TWO The Truth About Social Expectations and LonelinessTHREE Good Intentions: The Parents' Role in Social AvoidanceFOUR The Deciding Factors: Avoidance, Dependence, and Low Self-EsteemFIVE Goal-Setting: How to Build a Map for Social SucessSIX Managing Stress and Controlling AnxietySEVEN Techniques for Self-AwarenessEIGHT "Hello. My Name Is...": Mastering Social SkillsNINE Applying Your Interactive SkillsTEN Making Community Resources Work for YouELEVEN "Shyness" and Society: Issues and PatternsTWELVE Go for It! Some Final Words of EncouragementIndex
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SynopsisReplace Rejection and Fear with Self-Respect Almost everyone feels shy or slightly stressed in certain kinds of situations -- with new people, on a job interview, or on a first date. Jonathan Berent has helped thousands who suffer from shyness become calm, confident, and socially adept. He shows how even extremely shy people can overcome the low self-esteem and frustration that settle in after years of social disappointments and rejection, and gradually move toward mastery of the situations they find most difficult. * Learn about treatment for adults, teenagers, and children (with special advice for parents) * Practice specific goal-setting exercises and new treatment techniques * Overcome symptoms that block careers, relationships, and personal fulfillment * Conquer the entire range of problems -- from mild shyness to crippling social phobias * Achieve lasting self-esteem Through interactive exercises and supportive, encouraging words, Beyond Shyness gives shy people a new chance in the social world, a chance at ease in situations that have long been agonizing. Berent shows how to instill a healing confidence and replace rejection with real self-respect., Replace Rejection and Fear with Self-RespectAlmost everyone feels shy or slightly stressed in certain kinds of situations -- with new people, on a job interview, or on a first date. Jonathan Berent has helped thousands who suffer from shyness become calm, confident, and socially adept. He shows how even extremely shy people can overcome the low self-esteem and frustration that settle in after years of social disappointments and rejection, and gradually move toward mastery of the situations they find most difficult.* Learn about treatment for adults, teenagers, and children (with special advice for parents)* Practice specific goal-setting exercises and new treatment techniques* Overcome symptoms that block careers, relationships, and personal fulfillment* Conquer the entire range of problems -- from mild shyness to crippling social phobias* Achieve lasting self-esteemThrough interactive exercises and supportive, encouraging words,Beyond Shynessgives shy people a new chance in the social world, a chance at ease in situations that have long been agonizing. Berent shows how to instill a healing confidence and replace rejection with real self-respect.