The Social Fitness Center

The Social Fitness Center is a non-profit organization providing workshops, classes, and one-on-one coaching with experienced and trained professionals in specific areas related to shyness, such as dating, public speaking, job interviews, etc.

Director: Lynne Henderson, Ph.D
Post: 2000 Williams St., Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
Telephone: 650-723-9827
Fax: 650-493-6295
E-mail: click here

Related institutions:

The Shyness Clinic
The Shyness Institute
The Social Fitness Center

The Social Fitness Center offers:

A comfortable, structured environment in which to share experiences, goals, problems, thoughts and feelings regarding social relationships and interpersonal functioning, and to hear and learn from the experiences of others.
Practice in self-disclosure skills, listening skills, self-assertion skills, and negotiating skills in a safe and supportive environment. (Participation is optional for all exercises.)
Opportunities to practice participating in social situations, role-plays, public speaking, interpersonal communication on the job, communication in love and close relationships or in expressing romantic interest.

Services of The Social Fitness Center include:

Class available: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program , Instructor: Sally Reese, MFT. (510) 494-1400.
In this class you will:

Develop mindfulness skills to manage social anxiety

Access the ability to be non-judgmental, compassionate, patient, present and aware

Learn to respond, rather than to react, to stressful situations

See that there is more “right” with you than “wrong” with you

Learn to be present to your ever-changing body and mind states

Be where you are; otherwise you miss your life. - Buddha
There is a crack in everything – that’s how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen

Workshop available:
Mindful Social Fitness Workshop for Shyness Clinic graduates.
Call 650-814-9210 to register.
The Mindful Social Fitness Workshop is sponsored by the Shyness
Institute to provide a space for people to come together to learn
together to strengthen present moment awareness and emotion regulation
skills through exercises taken from Mindfulness protocols by Dr. Marsha
Linehan, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, and Dr. Robert Stahl and from Acceptance
and Commitment Therapy by Dr. Steven Hayes including trainings by Dr.
Robyn Walser, and from coursework with Shaila Catherine at Insight
Meditation South Bay.

These exercises are adapted and tailored for problematic shyness and
social anxiety.

Dr. Lynne Henderson is the Director of the Shyness Institute, a faculty
member in the Continuing Studies Program at Stanford, and conducts
research at Stanford and at the Shyness Institute. Dr. Henderson also
directs the Shyness Clinic at the Kurt and Barbara Gronowski Clinic at
Pacific Graduate School of Psychology. Satoko Kimpara is an advanced
practicum student at the Shyness Clinic at Pacific Graduate School of
Psychology. Dr. Henderson and Satoko Kimpara will provide both
theoretical knowledge and practical training in specific practices that
can positively impact everyday life. Contact: Dr. Henderson at (650)
814-9210 for more information.

Coaching and Consultations:

SOCIAL FITNESS COACHING
Individual sessions with you and your coach are designed to focus on specific areas of difficulty. Areas may include but are not limited to: public speaking, stress management, assertiveness, initiating and maintaining conversation, relocation adjustment, etc. Sessions may be held by phone or on site at 2000 Williams, Palo Alto, CA. Cost: $75 an hour.
DATING COACHING
Individual sessions with a dating coach who assists clients in definingtheir personal style, determining priorities, exploring current patterns, and setting/accomplishing goals. Sessions can be held by phone or on site at 2000 Williams, Palo Alto, CA. Cost: $75/hour.
CAREER COACHING
Individual sessions with a career counselor who assists clients in exploring motivations, obstacles, and solutions for career development and accomplishment. Sessions may be scheduled weekly or as otherwise appropriate. Cost: $75/hour.
NEGOTIATION & CONFLICT RESOLUTION COACHING
Individual sessions with a career counselor who assists clients in exploring motivations, obstacles, and solutions for career development and accomplishment. Sessions may be scheduled weekly or as otherwise appropriate. Cost: $75/hour.
EXECUTIVE COACHING: SOCIAL FITNESS IN THE WORKPLACE
Individual sessions with Dr. Henderson for general work place strategic and leadership development, amplifying one’s natural strengths and extending interpersonal skill to build and deliver a values-driven vision. Sessions may be scheduled weekly or as otherwise appropriate. Face-to-face in Connecticut or California, or by phone. Call 650-814-9210 for further infomation, or to schedule an appointment. Cost: $150/hour.

Directions:

The Social Fitness Center is located at 2000 Williams Street in Palo Alto. From El Camino Real in Palo Alto, take Stanford Ave. (between Oregon Expressway/Page Mill and Embarcadero Ave) west to Williams; park on Stanford Ave. Very close to Calfornia St. CalTrain Stop.

More information:

For more detailed information, or coaching call The Social Fitness Center at 650-493-6398.

Note: The workshops, classes, and coaching are NOT psychotherapy sessions intended to treat psychological disorders, therefore they are not facilitated by licensed health care professional. The instructors and coaches are trained and experienced professionals in the area of shyness and are supervised by Dr. Lynne Henderson, Ph.D.

The Shyness Clinic offers cognitive-behavioral group and individual treatment and longer-term psychodynamic psychotherapy for shyness.

The Shyness Institute is a non-profit research institution dedicated to research in the areas of shyness, social phobia, and related anxiety disorders.