The Shyness Clinic
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The Shyness Clinic is a pioneering clinic founded in the late 1970s by Dr. Philip Zimbardo
at Stanford University
. Its goal is to research cognitive traits in people with shyness
and to offer treatment programs. It was later moved to the community of Palo Alto, California
. The clinic follows a "social fitness model", which encourages people to exercise socially.
Philip Zimbardo
Philip George Zimbardo is an American psychologist and a professor emeritus at Stanford University. He is president of the Heroic Imagination Project...
at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. Its goal is to research cognitive traits in people with shyness
Shyness
In humans, shyness is a social psychology term used to describe the feeling of apprehension, lack of comfort, or awkwardness experienced when a person is in proximity to, approaching, or being approached by other people, especially in new situations or with unfamiliar people...
and to offer treatment programs. It was later moved to the community of Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is...
. The clinic follows a "social fitness model", which encourages people to exercise socially.