Avoidant Personality Disorder
The Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center offers therapy for Avoidant Personality Disorder. Our approach to therapy for avoidant personality is compassionate, practical and goal-oriented and will help you make positive changes in your life. Through our online therapy program, we serve people anywhere in California including San Jose, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Orange County and other parts of California.
Avoidant Personality Disorder can manifest as pattern of extreme shyness, feelings of inadequacy and extreme sensitivity to criticism. People with avoidant personality disorder may be unwilling to get involved with people unless they are certain of being liked, be preoccupied with being criticized or rejected, or may view themselves as not being good enough or socially inept.
Symptoms of Avoidant Personality
If you have avoidant personality disorder or avoidant traits, you may have some of the following symptoms:
• Extremely sensitive to criticism or rejection
• Feeling inadequate, inferior or unattractive
• Avoidance of work activities that require interpersonal contact
• Socially inhibited, timid and isolated, avoiding new activities or meeting strangers
• Extreme shyness in social situations and personal relationships
• Fear of disapproval, embarrassment or ridicule
Schema Therapy for Avoidant Personality
Schema Therapy for Avoidant Personality Disorder is an integrative approach, founded on the principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy and then expanded to include techniques and concepts from other psychotherapies. Schema therapy for avoidant personality can help you to change entrenched, self-defeating life patterns – or schemas — using cognitive, behavioral, and emotion-focused techniques. Schema therapy for avoidant personality focuses on the relationship with the therapist, daily life outside of therapy, and the childhood experiences that led to the development of maladaptive schemas. Read more about schema therapy here.
How to Get Help for Avoidant Personality Disorder
The Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center of Silicon Valley / California provides therapy and counseling for Avoidant Personality Disorder. We serve the Silicon Valley communities of San Jose, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Orange County, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Cupertino, Los Altos, Campbell and anywhere in California. Click to send an email for more information on how we can help you manage Avoidant Personality Disorder.
Silicon Valley Communities We Serve
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center of Silicon Valley/San Jose offers evidence-based therapy for Anxiety and OCD near the following Silicon Valley/San Jose communities:
San Jose Therapy and Counseling • Saratoga Counseling and Therapy • Los Gatos Therapy and Counseling • Monte Sereno Therapy and Counseling • Cupertino Therapy and Counseling • Campbell Therapy and Counseling • Mountain View Therapy and Counseling • Los Altos Therapy and Counseling • Sunnyvale Therapy and Counseling • Santa Clara Therapy and Counseling • Palo Alto Therapy and Counseling
CBT Online Video Therapy
CBT Online Video Therapy for anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) offered in all the above locations as well as the following California communities:
San Francisco Therapy Counseling • Sacramento Valley Therapy Counseling • Carmel CA Therapy Counseling • Santa Cruz Therapy Counseling • Monterey Therapy Counseling • Los Angeles Therapy Counseling • San Diego Therapy Counseling • Orange County Therapy Counseling
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