Hello Ron,

Thanks for your response. Did you have a personal experince with
conselour with a MEd, MSW, MA or MS who works with cognitive
behavioral therapy? If so, did you have any improvement?

I was interested in having a therapy where I could develop those new
social skills.

Also if all of those issues like shyness, l.s.e, fear, shame , o.s.
are part of the same problem, how I should tackle them, one by one?
all of them at the same time? I think if we focuse in just one at
time it would be more productive.

Have a great day!

JB



--- In SocialFitnessForum@y..., Ron Mills <gdruid@n...> wrote:
> At 12:32 AM 9/25/02 +0000, you wrote:
> >I am new to this group and I am happy that I found it. I was
> >wondering if Shyness is also related to low self-esteem, fear,
shame
> >and over-sensitivity.
>
> > Speaking only for myself - yes, yes, yes and absolutely
yes.
> >
> >I was thinking of therapy but I read somewhere here that Counselor
> >would be better. Does someone have experience with counselor, where
> >can I find them? Are they as expensive as psychologists are?
>
> Generalizing quite a bit here - don't want to offend
anyone.
> "Therapy" and "counseling" are pretty much used interchangeably
today. By a
> counselor I tend to mean someone with a Master's degree verses a
PhD
> psychologist or MD psychiatrist because their course work and
practice
> tends to be more focused on practical solutions and behavior rather
than
> relying on medication or testing or trying to unravel past issues.
Someone
> with a MEd, MSW, MA or MS who works with cognitive behavioral
therapy,
> reality therapy, etc. And yes they are generally less expensive.
> Just one man's opinion. Welcome aboard. =)