can you recommend a book?

[honey]

Can anyone recommend books which help people to overcome shyness/social anxiety. If I can't do it by myself with a book I am going to have to get professional help as things are getting bad.

Thanks guys.

[Ghost]

"A Layman's Guide to Managing Fear Using Psychology, Christianity, and Non Resistant Methods" by Stan Popovich.

www.trebleheartbooks.com/mvStanPopovich.html

And "Hope and Help for Your Nerves" by Claire Weekes

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0451167228/qid=1077570747//ref=pd_ka_1/102-3813034-9315357?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

And audio tape:

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0722534183/026-7699701-8026857

And here is a link with other books:

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/guides/guide-display/-/3UGNB5ZZFH70E/102-3813034-9315357

And a site for which you have to pay $19.00

www.gendb.net/social_phobia.aspx?refid=g77

Btw, just a random thought I had: you can check out Dr. Phil site (you know, the shrink from The Opera (sp) Show). You can post at his site, or write to him. He once said all posts are read.

[honey]

Thanks for these links Ghost.

The Francine Rodabaugh course for $19 looks interesting but what alarms me is that she has just ONE success story about someone she has worked with (she is a therapist.) Surely if you had a successful method to help people overcome social anxiety/phobia you would have many examples, not just the one. I suspect she just thinks she can make a quick buck out of people like us. (Although I may be wrong.)

Has anyone out there taken her course?

[Alecto]

Those are some good links.. I agree about the woman with the $19 course. Only one success story, Yeah, that makes me a little skeptical.. Maybe she's just starting out though.

[max]

Check some of these out:

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/157224223X/qid=1078594000/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/103-3409053-4763033

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060930683/qid=1078593941//ref=pd_ka_1/103-3409053-4763033?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0201550180/qid=1078593941//ref=pd_ka_3/103-3409053-4763033?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1572242167/qid=1078593912//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-3409053-4763033?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

[Ghost]

Guest-honey said:

Thanks for these links Ghost.

You're very welcome

The Francine Rodabaugh course for $19 looks interesting but what alarms me is that she has just ONE success story about someone she has worked with (she is a therapist.) Surely if you had a successful method to help people overcome social anxiety/phobia you would have many examples, not just the one. I suspect she just thinks she can make a quick buck out of people like us. (Although I may be wrong.)

Has anyone out there taken her course?

Yes, I am not 100% sure of it either. I wasn't too sure about it when I saw her site and had to conclude at first glance that she asked $19 for recovery, when she could earn more if she took it off the internet into the "real world". I had no time to read it through though, so I posted it anyway, with the believe that everyone would want to dig into what they would be spending money in.

I would say, don't do it. You don't know for sure if it's truthful and helping. I am rather skeptical with products from the internet.

It might be nice if some of these links would be incooperated in the main website and perhaps a sticky topic, so that people don't have to ask or search through topics for help and ahve it within hand reach.

Here are some books about several different things people with anxiety may have problems with:

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375507493/ref=ase_vincent03/103-3873605-9714260

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0142002488/ref=pd_sxp_elt_l1/103-3873605-9714260

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1577311523/ref=ase_vincent03/103-3873605-9714260

Some other (very well known and acclaimed) books:

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0517084724/103-3873605-9714260?v=glance

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0517186616/103-3873605-9714260?v=glance


Here some links of websites about anxiety:

panicdisorder.about.com/

www.anxietycentre.com/

mentalhelp.net/poc/center_index.php?id=1

dcregistry.com/users/kaitlyn07/

www.anxietynetwork.com/helphome.html

www.mamashealth.com/mental/anxhelp.asp

www.anxieties.com/

www.anxietycoach.com/

[CaryGrant]

This book helped me quite a bit: "Shyness: A Bold New Approach," by Bernardo Carducci. He discusses shyness/SA in depth, and you rapidly realise: you're not alone, you can learn to be "successfully shy," and that small steps will get you there. He also has books on how to make small talk which I have not read but clearly fill a void for shy people.