Product Description
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 comprehensive guide to living successfully and confidently with such conditions. In clear, reassuring language, she covers in depth all of the relevant subjects, including: • Calming the body • Blushing • Eye contact • Body language • Cultivating positive thoughts • Medications • The power of imagination • Effective goal-setting • Shy bladder syndrome • Acing job interviews and presentations • Connecting with others This is the most thorough resource for everyone looking for an honest, supremely helpful guide to gaining social confidence.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 8 reviews)

A Comprehensive Guide? Not exactly by Heather A. Siminski (Austin, Texas)

2 Stars
April 28, 2009
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.

A lesser re-hash of more helpful books by C. menzies

3 Stars
December 05, 2008
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.

HELP WITH SHYNESS by Charles J. Unger (los angeles, ca)

5 Stars
October 12, 2008
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.

Great self help book by Erika Ray (Warren, OH)

5 Stars
April 08, 2008
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.

Read this book! by Stacey Hubert (Eugene, Oregon)

5 Stars
November 09, 2006
If you are going to buy only one book on social anxiety, this is it. This book that not only compassionately presents various perspectives on social anxiety, but it also offers a vast array of solutions. These solutions are divided into easy to follow areas of mind, body and action. Once you've figured out how social anxiety affects you most, you can choose exactly which solutions suit you best. For extra guidance, there's an excellent appendix item full of goals that you can choose from, again, divided into areas of body, mind and action. I highly recommend this book.

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