Social Anxiety

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Social Anxiety Disorder is a very common disorder that can start as early as preschool and childhood years and carry on through adolscence and adulthood. Social anxiety disorder really is an intense fear, apprehension, and worry about being in sort of social situations. Children with social anxiety disorder have difficulty going to things they would normally enjoy like birthday parties or shopping malls and sporting events. Children with social anxiety disorder have an unrealistic fear of what might happen in this social situation. They fear being criticized, they fear being judged, sometimes they fear that others will hear their voice. This makes it very difficult for children and families sometimes to carry out day-to-day activities. Social anxiety disorder is treatable through behavioral therapy, psychotherapy, and sometimes medication interventions. While social anxiety disorder has many factors, these are just some of the key facts involved in understanding social anxiety disorder.

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    Dr. Williams is a Pediatric Neuropsychologist and Clinical Psychologist with offices in Long Island and Brooklyn, New York. She has exceptional expertise in the evaluation of children with academic and learning problems, psychological disorders such as anxiety, depression, difficult or oppositional behaviors and those with developmental delays and social deficits. Dr. Williams also provides assessments for individuals with neurologic concerns such as tic disorders and tourettes syndrome, epilepsy, traumatic brain injuries and conditions secondary to medical illness. Dr. Williams is a graduate of Spelman College, earned her Doctor of Psychology at The Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology (The College of William and Mary, Norfolk State University, Old Dominion University and Eastern Virginia Medical School). She received her advanced training through Cornell Weill Medical Center at Lincoln Hospital and NYU Child Study Center and went on to join the faculty group practice and serve as Clinical Instructor of the Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the NYU Langone Medical Center, before opening her private practices.