“Flying Pop Tarts” & 20 Minute Processing Session with SM 8 Yr. Old

One of the biggest challenges in healing for one who is afflicted with social or performance anxiety is negotiating the defense mechanism of detachment. Detachment is the dynamic and process of disconnecting from thoughts, feelings, and behavioral challenges. Detachment is the gateway to avoidance. When you put this dynamic under the microscope so to speak, […]

Rip Van Winkle Syndrome: Toward a Recovery from Adult Pervasive Social Anxiety

The story of Rip Van Winkle is set in the years before and after the American Revolutionary War. In a pleasant village, at the foot of New York’s Catskill Mountains, lives kindly Rip Van Winkle, a colonial British-American villager of Dutch ancestry. Van Winkle enjoys solitary activities in the wilderness, but he is also loved […]

Blushing Driven Suicide Opens Door for Understanding of Social Anxiety

  July 16, 2012 – The recent tragedy where Brandon Thomas, a 20 year old college student, committed suicide opens the door for an improved understanding of a complex social anxiety disorder which currently impacts countless individuals of all ages worldwide. According to his parents, Brandon’s suicide was driven by his “unbearable blushing”. Most medical […]

High Achievers: High Anxiety

When Perfectionism Drives Public Speaking Anxiety Disorder “Al”, a trainer in the banking industry, often facilitated group training with 100s of individuals at a time. Bill was a high tier military professional and security consultant. Kate was a top lawyer in an international media conglomerate. Tom was a sr. vice president in an international construction […]

Resolve Blushing-Erythraphobia

Documented Clinical Success Since 1978 Treatment Available Worldwide via Telephone/Skype also in our Great Neck Office Interviews with Patients who have resolved Blushing-Erythraphobia To access our complete library of clinical interviews click here.   The Magic Trick: The Psycho-physiological “Mind Set” for Blushing Control

Toward a Resolution of Selective Mutism: Understanding Obsessive Compulsive “Syndrome”

Toward a Resolution of Selective Mutism: Understanding Obsessive Compulsive “Syndrome” It’s relatively easy to identify the child immersed in a world of verbal inhibition and shutdown. Think about it. The more the child is mute, the more the child stands out in any social environment. This objective reality is in opposition to the child’s belief […]

The Ten Key Points To Know About Selective Mutism

Selective mutism is a social anxiety disorder characterized by not speaking to specific people or in specific venues. It is a specific variation of obsessive compulsive disorder. “Obsessive” refers to the conscious and non-conscious worrying. “Compulsive” refers to the verbal shutdown. The problem varies in degrees of severity. In addition to children many adolescents and […]