Shyness Community

Community Support

The following sites are not affiliated with Shy and Free.

Online community support and understanding is available at The Center for Highly Sensitive People and Shy United.  The alt.support .shyness newsgroup was a great place but trolls have taken over making it an unfriendly environment. For help with public speaking, try Toastmasters.

Therapy & Coaching

Community resources for shyness include The Therapist Directory helphorizons.com, healthlyplace.com and shakeyourshyness.com. 

Additionally, author Dr. Avila has a wonderful books designed to help you Date Wonderful People and Find Your Soul Mate Even If You’re Painfully Shy.

Dr. Avila will help you transform your shyness into a wonderful asset so you can find your soul mate. He will help you determine your LoveType--your unique romantic style--which person is best for you in a long-term relationship, how to overcome any obstacles you may have in finding love, where to meet your ideal mate, how to break the ice even if you’re painfully shy, how to win your soul mate’s heart, and how to ensure a happy and lasting marriage.

Specially tailored for shy people, and based on his award-winning dissertation work on attribution theory and shyness, Dr. Avila has developed a groundbreaking shyness program that doesn’t try to change shy people, but helps them accept their natural strengths to achieve their romantic dreams. As a shy person himself, Dr. Avila understands the shy mind and will gently and compassionately work with you to help you achieve social self-confidence, go out on more enjoyable dates, and eventually find your soul mate.

Since 1993, Dr. Alexander Avila has personally guided over 1000 singles toward finding their soul mate based on his best-selling book, LoveTypes: Discover Your Romantic Style and Find Your Soul Mate   Dr. Avila holds 4 graduate degrees, including a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. His relationship breakthrough work has been featured on US television on ABC and CBS news, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus TV show starring Cybil Shephard, and he has collaborated with Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Latina, and Woman’s World magazines. He’s also the relationship columnist for Today’s Black Woman, and LoveTypes has been optioned for a TV reality game show.

On Dr. Avila’s shyness book "The Gift of Shyness" (Simon and Schuster, Valentine’s Day 2002), Dr. John Gray (best-selling author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus) says: “Millions suffer from shyness, especially when it comes to finding a partner. Dr. Alexander Avila has developed a revolutionary approach to help shy singles accept who they are and take the right steps toward romantic fulfillment.”

IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT DR. AVILA’S PERSONAL SHYNESS MASTERY COACHING YOU CAN CALL DR. AVILA FOR YOUR FREE PRIVATE,CONFIDENTIAL 15 MINUTE PHONE EVALUATION
TOLL-FREE: 1 888 568-8973 or E-MAIL: LOVETYPE4U@AOL.COM

Please tell him that you heard about the program from the Shy and Free site.