PARENT SERIES: SOCIAL ANXIETY

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Social anxiety (4): What about dating?

Dear Readers, This is the fourth post of a series about social anxiety; hopefully you'll find them helpful. This particular post is about social anxiety and dating. For those of you struggling with social anxiety, shyness, or introversion, dating can be an especially...

Social anxiety (3): Is your child or teen skipping school?

by ebbehaviortherapycenter

This post is part of a series on social anxiety: (1) social anxiety, shyness, and introversion and (2) what keeps social anxiety going?. Although the content of this series is primarily for adults, it also applies to children and adolescents. A national survey...

Social Anxiety (1): Social anxiety, shyness, and introversion.

by pzuritaona

Over my years of practice, I have noticed that a large percentage of my clients are those who struggle with social anxiety or chronic shyness. They come to therapy because of their ongoing difficulties with these issues at school, work, and/or in intimate...

Social phobia/anxiety and values-based exposure

by pzuritaona

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about what characterizes social phobia/anxiety and mentioned briefly that the most effective treatments have an exposure-based component. Now, occasionally when I tell my clients, new or current ones, about exposure-based interventions...

Social phobia/anxiety and ideopathic craniofacial erytheme

by pzuritaona

Did you hear the term "ideopathic craniofacial erytheme?" This is a medical term to describe severe facial blushing that can be easily triggered. From time to time in my clinical work with clients struggling with social phobia/anxiety I hear the question: Can you...

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“I was referred to Patricia Zurita Ona from my son’s psychiatrist for cognitive behavioral therapy treatment of his obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd) and anxiety which rose to a level which was out of control. Dr. Zurita Ona is very skilled at working with teens who suffer from anxiety, especially related to academic success and test anxiety. She helped my son learn coping mechanisms and stress reducing strategies to control his level of anxiety. Dr. Zurita Ona introduced my son to a great stress relieving app which involves deep breathing and meditation. She has an amazing ability to connect with teens and get them to open up about their struggles, create realistic plans of attack and create goals so they can lead joyful lives and not be so burdened with their stress. We saw her weekly for about 1-2 years and my son’s sessions with her were very beneficial to not only him, but our entire family as his stress was causing tension for us all. Dr. Zurita Ona explained to me why my son had certain behaviors and ways to help him learn new strategies to cope with his anxiety. If you have a teen who needs help to learn how to manage and control stress and anxiety, schedule a session with Dr. Zurita Ona! I highly recommend her services!”