Dear Readers, We’re counting the days for our upcoming workshop on June 13th: Compassion Focused Therapy for Shyness and Social Anxiety Disorder: Compassionate Social Fitness. Why are we counting the days for this event? One reason: quite often we work...
The Shyness Institute and the East Bay Behavior Therapy Center are pleased to announce the upcoming workshop: Compassion Focused Therapy for Shyness and Social Anxiety Disorder: Compassionate Social Fitness This introductory course will introduce participants to the...
Do you ever notice that relationships, across the board, are complicated, difficult and require different types of attention? Do you ever notice that no matter how hard you try, relationships are still difficult? If you answer yes to any of these questions, you may...
One of the most common things I hear from parents is that their child doesn’t respond to rewards or punishments. It’s a source of tremendous frustration for parents, often leaving them without much hope for things to get better. It’s easy to see how hopeless...
It can be challenging for any of us to see a friend, family member, or loved one upset. It can be especially difficult for a parent to see their child this way. Often parents find themselves wanting to “fix” or “solve” the problem for their child so that they are no...
“I told my daughter that he couldn’t go out and next think I know she’s yelling at me: “If you don’t let me go out with my boyfriend I’m going to cut.” “I was cleaning my kid’s bed and then I saw a cutting kit, it...
Now that we’ve defined what behaviors will result in time-out, let’s consider implementation. It’s a good idea for a young child to have a designated time-out spot in the home. This could be the corner of a room or in a hallway. A room in the house that is relatively...
