From Performance Anxiety & Selective Mutism to School Shootings & Suicide
The Perfect Storm of Anxiety Builds Momentum in the Educational System Although anxiety disorders are the most common mental illnesses in the United States most suffers do not receive help. This is because an anxiety disorder is the quintessential disease of resistance; especially social anxiety which is the largest subset. This resistance is due to […]
Bob Salter PSA Show May 13th, 2018
Author and psychotherapist Jonathan Berent discussed social anxiety, approach of the mental health profession to the problem, treatment approaches, and the ways social anxiety manifests. Read More
6 “i WORDS” for Core Resolution of Social Anxiety
Insight from 40 Years on the Clinical Front Line When patients contact me for treatment it is because they have imploded. This means that the internal explosion of repressed and recycling emotion has caused toxic behavioral and physical symptoms. Upon initiation of treatment the question is did the patient have the initiative for facilitating their […]
Reflections on school violence: a psychodynamic perspective
The mental health community must increase its clinical acumen regarding complex psycho-pathology consisting of the avoidant personality, social impotence, and related rage. School violence has taken on epidemic proportions since two disturbed adolescents masterminded Columbine and became role models for the mentally ill young men who drive the new culture of school shootings. Read More
How Do You Stop A Panic Attack From Happening? Here’s How To Keep Yourself Grounded, According To Experts
By Kyli Rodriguez-Cayro Panic attacks can throw you for a loop (quite literally — they can make you dizzy), especially if you feel one coming on at school, at work, on a date — basically, somewhere you’d rather not have one. Sometimes, it may feel unavoidable, but here’s the good news: There are techniques and […]
My patient said “I understand why those kids shot up schools”
Reflections on School Violence: A Psycho-Dynamic Perspective While the profile of the school shooter has evolved over the last couple of decades its worth considering behavioral patterns and psychodynamics which are significantly present in school shootings. This is imperative if the mental health professions are going to increase their clinical efficacy with this very at […]
Social Phobics Most at Risk for Phone & Technology Compulsion
Jonathan Berent, L.C.S.W., author of “Beyond Shyness” (Simon & Schuster) and “Work Makes Me Nervous” (Wiley) has identified technology compulsion as the gateway to an alternate reality for individuals of all ages afflicted with social anxiety and avoidant personality. Berent explains “the fact that texting has replaced talking as the most common form of communication […]
Jonathan Berent, L.C.S.W. Identifies Social Anxiety Sufferers Most at Risk for “The Ghosts of Christmas Present”
GREAT NECK, NEW YORK The pressure to socialize between Thanksgiving and The New Year is great. While many party, millions afflicted with social anxiety suffer in silence. The thought of social conversation, speaking in public, eating in public, and being noticeably nervous can create overwhelming discomfort, which can lead to panic attacks, depression, substance dependence, […]
Secret Terror in the C Suite: High-Achieving Executives Conquer Performance Anxiety Using the Berent Method
It’s a secret shame, a “personal failure” C-suite executives seldom acknowledge: performance anxiety so crippling that they fantasize about an escape—changing careers, getting into an accident, disappearing—rather than public speaking. Despite their success, these highly successful people live their lives playing defense; manipulating to avoid scenarios that can cause them to be noticeably nervous. Physical […]
Adult Selective Mutism Remains Mystery to the Mental Health Profession
Three Crucial Points for the Treatment of Adult Selective Mutism An estimated 1 in 700 children have selective mutism (speaking phobia), but adult numbers are unknown, and treatment options remain vague. But psychotherapist and author Jonathan Berent, LCSW, has identified three crucial points in the treatment of adult selective mutism. While selective mutism is a […]