Managing Shyness and Social Anxiety: A Cognitive-Behavioral Model

Dr. Nicole Shiloff is a licensed clinical psychologist with a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Miami. She is an expert in mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy and led groups for adults in an outpatient hospital setting. While at Stanford, Dr. Shiloff further specialized in working with individuals with anxiety disorders as well as those with eating disorders. Dr. Shiloff is currently the Director of the Shyness Clinic, a specialty clinic within Pacific Graduate School of Psychology's training clinic, the Kurt and Barbara Gronowski Clinic. She has worked as a staff psychologist at the Clinic for two years and provides individual therapy to children, adolescents, and adults with shyness and social anxiety. She also runs several groups for young adults and adults, using a cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal approach, based on Dr. Lynne Henderson's Social Fitness approach to treating social anxiety.