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In Shyness and Social Phobia, Dr. Anne Marie Albano demonstrates her cognitive–behavioral therapy (CBT) approach to treating the common issue of shyness and social phobia. Shyness is a relatively benign personality trait inherent in some individuals, whereas social anxiety occurs in most people at different developmental stages. For some people, the experience of shyness or social phobia is continual and so intense that it may interfere with their employment and social life.
In this session, Dr. Albano works with a 24-year-old man with social phobia who is unable to go to college classes or to work. He only goes out if he can drink, a self-defeating coping strategy that often accompanies this disorder.
Dr. Albano completes an assessment of the client and shows the beginning of her treatment approach, including psychological education and an exposure exercise, before providing a tailored homework assignment.
Dr. Albano's approach to the treatment of social anxiety disorder is steeped in the cognitive–behavioral model. In effect, nonclinical social anxiety is viewed as a normal, developmentally appropriate reaction to social or evaluative situations. It is expected to occur periodically in response to certain developmental stages (e.g., ages 4–6, upon starting school; ages 12–17, when social-evaluative demands increase for the adolescent) and to certain environmental stressors (e.g., being evaluated, interviewed, or entering new situations with unfamiliar people).
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is an associate professor of clinical psychology in psychiatry within the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University and is the director of the Columbia University Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders. Currently, Dr. Albano is a principal investigator of the large multicenter clinical trial, Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Study, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, examining the efficacy of cognitive–behavioral and medication treatments for youth ages 7 to 17 with anxiety disorders.
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- Albano, A. M. (1995). Treatment of social anxiety in adolescents. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2, 271–298.
- Albano, A. M., & Barlow, D. H. (1996). Breaking the vicious cycle: Cognitive–behavioral group treatment for adolescent social phobia. In E. D. Hibbs & P. S. Jensen (Eds.), Psychosocial treatments for child and adolescent disorders: Empirically based strategies for clinical practice (pp. 43–62). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
- Albano, A. M., Chorpita, B. F., & Barlow, D. H. (2003). Anxiety disorders. In E. J. Mash & R. A. Barkley (Eds.), Child psychopathology (2nd ed., pp. 196–241). New York: Guilford Press.
- Albano, A. M., & DiBartolo, P. M. (1997). Cognitive behavioral treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder and social phobia in children and adolescents. In L. VandeCreek (Ed.), Innovations in clinical practice: A source book (Vol. 15, pp. 41–58). Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press.
- Albano, A. M., DiBartolo, P. M., Heimberg, R. G., & Barlow, D. H. (1995). Children and adolescents: Assessment and treatment. In R. G. Heimberg, M. R. Liebowitz, D. A. Hope, & F. Schneier (Eds.), Social phobia: Diagnosis, assessment and treatment (pp. 387–425). New York: Guilford Press.
- Albano, A. M., & Kendall, P. C. (2002). Cognitive behavioural therapy for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders: Clinical research advances. International Review of Psychiatry, 14, 128–133.
- Albano, A. M., Marten, P. A., Holt, C. S., Heimberg, R. G., & Barlow, D. H. (1995). Cognitive-behavioral group treatment for social phobia in adolescents: A preliminary study. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 183, 685-692.
- Beidel, D. C., & Turner, S. M. (1998). Shy children, phobic adults: Nature and treatment of social phobia. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
- Dierker, L. C., Albano, A. M., Clarke, G. N., Heimberg, R. G., Kendall, P. C., Merikangas, K. R., et al. (2001). Screening for anxiety and depression in early adolescence. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 929–936.
- Hayward, C., Varady, S., Albano, A. M., Thieneman, M., Henderson, L., & Schatzberg, A. F. (2000). Cognitive behavioral group therapy for female socially phobic adolescents: Results of a pilot study. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 39, 721–726.
- Kearney, C. A., & Albano, A. M. (2000a). Parent's guide for the prescriptive treatment of school refusal behavior. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation.
- Kearney, C. A., & Albano, A. M. (2000b). Therapist's guide for the prescriptive treatment of school refusal behavior. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation.
- Velting, O. N., & Albano, A. M. (2001). Current trends in the understanding and treatment of social phobia in youth. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 42, 127–140.
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