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From a distinguished mental health expert—a comprehensive, clearly organized handbook to living successfully with social anxiety and shyness
Anyone who has ever experienced anxiety in social situations knows how awkward, debilitating, and even painful it can be. Finding good professional advice on how to manage it is not always easy. In Living Fully with Shyness and Social Anxiety, therapist and mental health expert Erika B. Hilliard offers a comprehen… More >>
Living Fully with Shyness and Social Anxiety: A Comprehensive Guide to Gaining Social Confidence
I was hoping this book would explore shyness in more depth and reveal deeper insights about its roots in the psyche. It was rated well, so I bought it, and I’ve found it hasn’t really helped my understanding much. I feel like I could have writtten a lot of it from the knowledge I already have. I would recommend Feeling Good(if you haven’t read it) by David Burns over this because I think it is a more direct and practical guide that more broadly and thoroughly addresses anxiety and depression.
This book may be okay for someone who is addressing his/her shyness for the first time, but besides a lot of beating around the bush about how it’s okay to be shy, the true insight was lacking. The practical steps to take in learning to cope with shyness were less potent versions of exercises better described in other books. I would not call it “a comprehensive guide to gaining social confidence” and think that is a promise it doesn’t keep despite it’s good intention.
Rating: 3 / 5
If I am reading a book about how to overcome shyness and the physical symptoms I would have expected it to teach you such exercises. The majority of this book tells you why you are shy and that it is not a bad thing you should pretty much just accept it and get over it. If you want to know why you are shy and what may or may not have happened to you in the past to make you more susecptable then read this book. If you want to know steps or practices to avoid while raising your child to prevent them from becoming shy then read this book.
Rating: 2 / 5
Great book – really helped my client who had big time problems with shyness – I am a psychotherapist and this is the best I’ve found.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book contains all you ever wanted to know about social anxiety, and is sure to help you understand the condition. However, I would have preferred more focus on solutions rather than so much reaching (about 300 pages). I might suggest starting with a shorter book or course (I used the program at mc2method.com which was great), and then reinforce your efforts by following up with this book. Good luck!
Rating: 4 / 5
This was a very well written book, with no questions left unanswered. It helped me immensely in dealing with social anxiety and shyness, and I’ve incorporated alot of the suggestions into my daily life. It turned out to be more of a “self help” book than I expected in more areas than just shyness. It has helped me extremely. The author had experience in social anxiety, so she really hit home with things she expressed.
Rating: 5 / 5