Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult
Episodes
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 21 - Selective Mutism: 7-year-old “Cured”: “ It’s A Whole New World”
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lynn was told that her clingy, selectively mute (for 3 years) six-year-old daughter, would “grow out of it” by the family pediatrician, teachers, ...
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 20 - Psychopharmacology for Social and Performance Anxiety
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When I started my psychotherapy practice in 1978, I was doing biofeedback and psychotherapy to empower patients to heal without medication or to get o...
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 19 - An Attempt at Magic
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Talking in 5 Sessions” - Zachary did not talk to his mother. He talked only to father and sister. No other person. He was totally shut down. Dad ...
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 18 - Teaching Parents to be Therapists: 10 Year Old
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“We feel we gave birth to a whole new person”"Sophie" never talked in school until 4th grade. No one heard her voice besides parents, gr...
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 17 - An Introduction to Mind States for Social & Performance Anxiety Resolution
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When considering treatment for social and performance anxiety thoughtful evaluation would say that a model adapted to the specific needs of this speci...
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 16 - Mom Resolves “Break Your Heart Syndrome” to “Cure” Selective Mutism
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Think of the last time someone tried to engage your child verbally and there was no response. As a loving parent you want to rescue your child from th...
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 15 - Performance Anxiety, Depression, Medication Dependence, Learning Disability - Freedom from Medicine & the Belief “I Was Born This Way”
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Mike”, a 26 yr. old ambitious entrepreneur describes his resolution of multiple psychological challenges. With dramatic insight he communicates t...
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 14 - Special Needs Selective Mutism 12 yr Old
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mom describes how “Jessica” age 12 struggled with selective mutism since age 8. In addition, profound developmental and social challenges were pre...
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 13 - "Adult Selective Mutism"
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the perfect interview for people who think and wish that the young child will simply outgrow selective mutism. “Mike”, a 35-year old with ...
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 12 - Physician Describes How 5-Year Old Daughter Resolved Selective Mutism
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"It was like a miracle."This interview highlights a comprehensive treatment process, which occurred via telephone and skype. The father desc...
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 11 - 20 Year Old Emerges from Avoidance, Depression, and Primitive Functioning
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Numerous variables can enable primitive functioning, which is defined as “spending the minimal amount of energy required to sustain a baseline lifes...
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 10 - Social Anxiety: The Real & Untold Story - A Deep Clinical Dive
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome. This is Jonathan Berent. I’m going to tell you the real story about social anxiety. You are not going to hear the real story anywhere else....
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 9 - Depression, Social Inhibition, & Medication Dependence Resolve: "My Quietness in social situations made people feel weird"
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“I avoided social situations; especially ones where I had to walk in by myself. More and more I made excuses to avoid. I had problems with my relati...
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 8 - A Profile of Anger: Bullied as a Child
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Anger and rage occur at different levels of consciousness. Anger is energy. Unresolved; it recycles and drives obsessive worry , anxiety, and a myriad...
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 7 - "Selective Mutism: Free Seminar With Professional Baseball Player"
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kirk Rueter was a pitcher in the major leagues for 13 years. He won the most games as a lefthander for the San Francisco Giants. He and his wife Karla...
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 6 - Intimacy Phobia Resolved - “I Had Been Celibate My Whole Life.”
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Mike” a corporate vice president describes his long term suffering; “I never had the possibility of finding a girlfriend. I was petrifies about...
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 5 - 18 Year Old Woman Conquers Social & Performance Anxiety
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this rare interview patient "Z" describes how she overcame debilitating perfectionism and performance anxiety. The average teen suffering...
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 4 - School Phobia, Avoidant Personality, Learning Disability: From School Refusal to a Graduate Degree
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With special insight into the avoidance-dependence dynamics of a close knit and loving family, “David” describes his struggle with learning disabi...
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 3 - Adolescent Selective Mutism Resolved
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The older the child, the more that selective mutism becomes ingrained into the personality and lifestyle. It can evolve into a developmental challenge...
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 2 - School Phobia, Social Phobia, Social Isolation, and Depression “Cured” - From School Refusal to “Social Butterfly”
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The last thing 16 yr. old “Arthur” wanted was to go to therapy when he was in the midst of his school phobia. This social anxiety-driven problem h...
Parenting The Socially Phobic & Avoidant Adult: Episode 1 - Critical Information for Parents and Concerned Persons of Adults
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The socially phobic adult with avoidant personality and overly dependent behavior presents a complex and daunting therapeutic challenge. In fact, the ...