Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Redefining shyness and its treatment
Twelve-session treatment plan overview and therapist preparation
Session one: the initial evaluation
Session two: constructing a hierarchy
Session three: cognitive restructuring and the first simulated exposure
Session four: attributional restructuring and exposure
Session five: cognitive, attributional, and self-concept restructuring
Session six: challenging negative attributions and beliefs about others
Session seven: more practice in changing negative thoughts and beliefs
Session eight: automatic thoughts about others and the third vicious cycle
Session nine: exposures and progress assessment
Session ten: exposures and anticipating closure
Session eleven: more exposures and anticipating closure
Session twelve: review of progress and closure
Interpersonal social-skills training
Appendix A: Answer key for attribution style quiz
Appendix B: Final interview outline
Appendix C: Letter to friends
Appendix D: Therapist instructions for bat
Appendix E: The shyness clinic thought listing form
References.