Discover Your Authentic Self: Jim Walker, LCSW
Overcoming the mental, emotional, and spiritual hurts of broken relationships
Overcoming the mental, emotional, and spiritual hurts of broken relationships
Jim Walker LCSW
Welcome
When You Hurt There Are Solutions...
Are you tired of feelings sad, lonely, anxious, afraid?
Contact Jim Walker, LCSW
502-494-6631
Confidential email: jimwalkerlcsw@hushmail.com
Shyness and loneliness are not a life sentence
The struggle with social anxiety and shyness can take many forms:
- fear of new places or unfamiliar situations
- feelings of tension and frustration when you are close to others
- a fear that you will be embarrassed, humiliated when you speak your mind
- difficulty saying what you truly think and feel even with those you love
- a sense that you have never truly been loved or understood
- the feeling that others do not appreciate or recognize what you have to offer.
Being afraid is at the heart of social anxiety and shyness. This fear most often grows from a mistaken belief that an individual is "too different" from those around him or her- that no one will ever "get" them.
- Does fear and resentment poison your relationships?
- Do you feel like loneliness is a life sentence?
- Have you struggled with speaking your mind and asserting yourself?
- Does shyness keep you isolated even when you are in familiar places?
- Are you trapped- feeling that others don't understand you and the fears that plague you?
There is hope. I understand- your story is mine.
Growing up I was always the last to join the group activities. I spent many a recess or after school hours alone- wishing I could be part of the fun and excitement around me. There seemed to be an invisible wall separating me from those around me.
In my loneliness I began to carefully to explore and learn how to find my place in the world. I learned to appreciate that my "difference" was actually "uniqueness"- aspects of myself that were my very own. My likes, dislikes, interests, and knowledge were valuable and I had a right to keep them even if others did not share them. I had the right to be myself.
Embracing my uniqueness allowed me the freedom to be open to others.
The insights I gained from these experiences have become the basis of my work with individuals, families, and groups struggling with isolation, social anxiety, and low self-esteem. As a truly "shy-guy" I appreciate the pain of living in loneliness and the struggle to find a way out. I have learned and am able to share practical ideas and skills for becoming the person you are truly meant to be.
