Social Phobia
Subtitle: Alleviating Anxiety in an Age of Self-Promotion
Publisher: Chalice Press
Published: June 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780827234406
Subjects: Social phobia; Religion - Pastoral Care / Counseling; Pastoral Care And Counseling; Religion; Social Psychology; Christian Ministry - Counseling & Recovery; Emotions; Pastoral counseling of; Patients; Christianity - Pastoral Counseling
Description: "This book helps pastoral counselors, ministers, and other religious practitioners understand social phobia from both the psychological and pastoral theological points of view. Donald Capps describes the condition and its psychological roots, surveys various therapeutic responses and their effectiveness, and points to the possibilities of religious alleviations.

Throughout, he expresses a helpful sensitivity to the lived experience of social phobics and offers insights for healthy and adaptive ways of life."--BOOK JACKET. "For those who experience social phobia and those who interact with them, this book will be a valuable resource."--BOOK JACKET.