Our goal is to provide you with personalized, thorough, effective treatment in an environment that is professional, welcoming and private.”
Social Anxiety and Phobias – Help in Fort Worth
If you or someone you love is suffering from Phobias, get help by calling (817) 457-4646.
A phobia is an irrational fear that causes avoidance of the feared subject, activity, or situation. Either the presence of, or the mere anticipation of, the feared entity causes severe distress in an affected person; these fear responses may cause panic attacks. Persons with phobias usually recognize that their reaction is excessive, but are unable to control them. Phobic symptoms frequently disrupt a person’s ability to function in life.
A specific phobia is a strong, persisting fear of an object or situation. Persons with specific phobias may anticipate harm, such as being in an accident if they drive on highways, or may panic at the thought of losing control; for example, if they fear being in an elevator, they may also worry about fainting after the door closes.
Social phobia (also called social anxiety disorder) is a strong, persisting fear of social and performance situations in which embarrassment can occur, or in which persons are afraid embarrassment may occur or others will judge them to be anxious, weak, crazy, or stupid. Persons with social phobia have excessive fears of humiliation or embarrassment in various social settings, such as in initiating and/or maintaining conversations, participating in small or large groups, dating, speaking to authority figures, attending parties, or urinating in a public restroom. Many people experience significant anticipatory anxiety prior to the event, and many have anxiety about having the phobia. Common traits in those with social phobia include: hypersensitivity to criticism, low self-esteem, difficulty being assertive, feelings of inferiority, and fear of direct evaluation by others.
Symptom resolution is possible with phobias and anxieties with an effective treatment regimen that includes pharmacotherapy (medication) in combination with psychotherapy.
“Our goal is to provide you with personalized, thorough, effective treatment in an environment that is professional, welcoming and private.” ~ Dr. Alloju D.O.
Dr. Lisa Alloju is a 1993 Graduate of Texas Christian University with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology. In 1997 Dr. Alloju completed medical school at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth.
She completed Psychiatry Residency training at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth in 2002. While in residency, she was Assistant Chief Psychiatry Resident in 1999, and in 2002 was awarded Pfizer “Resident of the Year.” Her experience since completing residency includes work in the John Peter Smith Psychiatric Emergency Center, inpatient psychiatric hospitals, inpatient addiction and eating disorder centers, partial hospitalization treatment centers, and outpatient psychiatric and addiction medicine clinics.
Dr. Alloju has given several formal presentations to health care professionals on topics such as, “Women’s Issues in Psychiatry,” “Depression Screening in Primary Care,” “Choosing an Antidepressant,” “Treatment Options for Depression,” and “Antidepressants in the Primary Care Setting”.
