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Words of Wisdom about
Selective Mutism
The following questions
are extremely important for you to answer if you have a dependent with selective
mutism:
- Are
you aware that selective mutism is an anxiety disorder characterized by not speaking
to specific people or in specific venues?
- Are
you aware that the condition is easy to diagnose. If you know that the individual
can speak normally but is not able to in specific situations SM is present. It
is important however; to assess if “processing” challenges
are present.
- Are
you aware that SM is not a speech disorder?
- Are
you aware that it can be considered an “addiction” to
the avoidance of speaking or a phobia of speaking ?
- Are
you aware that the problem comes in different degrees and that it is a significant
indicator that the sufferer will be very likely to experience social anxiety
and social phobia as he or she develops? Listen
to Mike an adult with SM on our free CD.
- Are
you aware that if not corrected SM can cause avoidant and dependent personality
disorders as the anxiety worsens with time working as it integrates insidiously
into the personality?
- Are
you aware that productive treatment is primarily based on a multi-dimensional
methodology based on corrective parenting?
- Are
you aware that, in most cases, for school interventions to be successful, re-parenting
strategies must be in effect at home and working? If not, there is much potential
for “fragmentation” of care-giving
which worsens the problem.
- Are
you aware that in most cases speech therapy and individual therapy for the child
are non-productive?
- Are
you aware that there are very few therapists anywhere (in the world) that have
demonstrated clinical productivity and expertise for treating this condition?
- Are
you aware that the biggest mistake that is made regarding selective mutism is
the belief that “the child will grow out of the problem”.
- Are
you aware that the second biggest mistake is the incorrect use of medicine, which
if not used correctly, worsens the problem?
- Are
you aware that Jonathan Berent, L.C.S.W. and Associates have provided actual
treatment to more SM sufferers of all ages than any other therapist, organization,
hospital, or university in the world since 1978? In fact, Jonathan, author of “Beyond
Shyness: How to Conquer Social Anxieties” (Simon & Schuster) has
had over 1500 media appearance including the first SM segment on national television
in 1988.
- Are
you aware that you can listen to a free
CD with excerpts from interviews of 5 patients who have resolved or “cured” the
problem? This offer and product appears to be one of a kind!
- Are
you aware that you can be helped anywhere in the world with self-help and treatment
options offered by Berent Associates?
Empower yourself and your
dependent. Click
here for self-help and treatment options.
Available soon: Self Help
Audio CD for Blushing/Hyperhidrosis. Hear interviews with 4 patients who have
resolved the problem via the Berent System; without medicine or invasive medical
intervention.
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